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A temporary address and an alias do different jobs

A one-time code and a sender that writes again should not share an address.

A short inbox is not a long forward

Temp mail, disposable mail, and an anonymous inbox are the same gear here: no account, three hours by default, extendable, never past twenty-four hours from creation. You read it on this page, and it cannot send. An alias is the other gear. Sign in with a code to your real inbox, and mail forwards there, with a thirty-day archive on this site.

Choose by whether the next letter will come

It will not

Codes and one-time notices

The form only wants a string that can receive one message. Use the home address and let it expire.

It will

Orders, accounts, password resets

That mail comes back next week. Use an alias. If one site turns noisy, pause that alias.

The numbers

TemporaryAlias
Sign-inNoneA code to your real inbox
How long3 hours, 24 hour capUntil you pause or delete
Where mail sitsThis page onlyYour inbox, plus 30 days here
AttachmentsNot kept. Over 100MB is refusedKept to 50MB. 50–100MB is forwarded only. Over 100MB is refused
SendingNoNo

If you picked the wrong one

A short address saved on a long account cannot be rescued by replacing it. The old box is destroyed, and the clock does not carry over. Ask the sender to use a new alias. Pause when you only want the noise to stop: the address remains, and new mail is dropped. Delete means that address will not receive again. Mail already archived keeps its thirty-day clock.

Use the home address for one message. Open a forwarder when the sender will write again.