Process

Simple. Private. Fast.

We built Free Mail to be the most intuitive temporary email service on the web. No learning curve, no friction — just a clean inbox that works in real-time.

01

Open Free Mail

An inbox is generated the moment you land. No signup, no form, no waiting.

02

Copy your address

Click "Copy" to grab the address. Use it anywhere — signups, downloads, and verification codes.

03

Emails arrive instantly

Incoming messages appear in your inbox in real time via WebSockets. Click any email to read it.

04

Inbox self-destructs

After 10, 30, or 60 minutes the inbox and all its contents are permanently deleted from memory.

The Lifecycle of a Temporary Email

When you visit Free Mail, our backend allocates an ephemeral session identifier. This identifier is mapped to a temporary database entry with a strict Time-To-Live (TTL).

Any email sent to your temporary address is received by our custom mail transfer agent, which pushes the message to your browser in real time via WebSockets. There is no need to manually reload the page.

Ephemeral In-Memory Handling

Our automated cleanup worker purges all expired mailboxes once the session countdown reaches zero. The mailbox mapping, address identifier, and every received message body are permanently erased.

We do not retain permanent backups of expired temporary inboxes, ensuring that your temporary communications remain truly ephemeral.

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