Introducing Mailcatcher.
Convert Incoming Emails to HTTP Requests
No more fussing around with Postfix and Linux config files. Instantly convert every incoming email to an HTTP request sent to any server you want!
How it works:
- We create a unique email address for you, such as
bn78da12be983@catch.wildhexagon.com
- You specify an HTTP endpoint you want signaled when an email comes in, for example
https://yourdomain.com/trigger/new-email
.
- Any time anyone sends an email to that address, we'll query your web server with the email information in the POST body: who sent it, the contents, etc.
Example use cases:
- E-mail based support desk: When a customer emails your support address, it opens a new ticket in your web based support system.
- Software integration testing: Create and test a real user on your platform and set their email to your unique mailcatcher address.
Any emails sent to it can be redirected back to your webserver for validation that it all works as expected.
- E-mail health checks: Not sure if your password reset e-mails are still working? Set up an automated health check that sends out a
password reset email every 5 minutes to your mailcatcher email, which you can configure to ping an endpoint in your system. Then you can simply alert
when that endpoint stops getting hits — you'll know immediately when there's a problem.
Use Your Own Domain
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Custom domain support: contact us if you want to set up a vanity address on your own domain, so that instead of
bn78da12be983@catch.wildhexagon.com
you'll see yourname@catch.yourdomain.com
!