DropInbox — Instant Disposable Email on Gmail, Outlook & iCloud

Generate real disposable email aliases on Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, and iCloud — and receive actual emails in seconds. No signup, no tokens, no cookies. Now with single-request generation and auto-activation!

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✨ Key Features

• ⚡ Single-Request Generation & Activation — Generate an alias and activate its inbox in one single request. No separate activation required!
• 📧 Real Provider Aliases — Generate on Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, iCloud (not blocked throwaway domains)
• 📬 Full Email Body Retrieval — Returns complete email content: body, body_text, and rendered body_html (not just headers)
• 🛡️ Bypass Anti-Spam & Domain Blocklists — High deliverability rate because domain names are 100% legitimate
• 🔐 Zero Authentication Overhead — No cookies, no API tokens, no complex session state to manage
• 🚀 Sub-second Latency — Powered by global edge computing infrastructure

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
endpoint	String	Yes	generate-email	Select action: generate-email, check-emails, or email
provider	String	No	gmail	Provider dropdown: gmail, outlook, hotmail, icloud, temp
email	String	Conditional	—	Full email alias (required for check-emails)
uuid	String	Conditional	—	Message UUID (required for email single-message retrieval)

Input Example (JSON):

{
  "endpoint": "generate-email",
  "provider": "gmail"
}

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📤 Output Format & Response Examples

Output data is pushed to the default Dataset and stored as JSON in the Key-Value store under key OUTPUT.

1. Generate & Activate Email Response (endpoint: "generate-email")

{
  "success": true,
  "email": "ecawegivezow10+aybq4rc@gmail.com",
  "provider": "gmail",
  "is_active": true,
  "message": "Gmail inbox generated & activated successfully. Ready to receive incoming emails and OTP codes."
}

2. Check Emails Response with Full Body (endpoint: "check-emails")

{
  "success": true,
  "total": 1,
  "emails": [
    {
      "email_address": "ecawegivezow10+aybq4rc@gmail.com",
      "sender": "service@example.com",
      "subject": "Your verification code: 849201",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-11T16:38:36",
      "uuid": "6a7547ba15fe4f7db3a4aa115bac3f87",
      "body": "Your verification code is 849201. Please enter this code to complete verification.",
      "body_text": "Your verification code is 849201. Please enter this code to complete verification.",
      "body_html": "<p>Your verification code is <strong>849201</strong>.</p>"
    }
  ]
}

3. Get Single Message Body (endpoint: "email")

{
  "success": true,
  "uuid": "6a7547ba15fe4f7db3a4aa115bac3f87",
  "body": "Your verification code is 849201.",
  "body_text": "Your verification code is 849201.",
  "body_html": "<p>Your verification code is <strong>849201</strong>.</p>"
}

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💡 How To Use — Simplified 2-Step Workflow

1. Generate & Activate (1 Single Call) → Run with endpoint: "generate-email" and provider: "gmail" → The inbox is created and automatically activated immediately in that 1 request!
2. Read → Run with endpoint: "check-emails" and email: "YOUR_ALIAS" → Retrieve received messages, OTP codes, and full bodies.

(Optional: Use endpoint: "email" with uuid: "MESSAGE_UUID" to retrieve a single message body.)

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🙋 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: Do I need a separate activation step after generating?
A: No! The /generate-email endpoint generates and automatically activates the inbox in 1 single step. Ready to receive emails immediately.

Q: Why are Gmail / Outlook / iCloud aliases better than regular temp mail?
A: Most websites actively block disposable domain extensions (@tempmail.com, @mailinator.com). Because DropInbox uses real Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, and iCloud domains, sign-up forms treat them as normal user accounts.

Q: Does the actor return the full message content or just the subject?
A: Full message content! Every email returned in /check-emails includes body, body_text, and body_html. You can also fetch specific messages via /email?uuid=....

Q: How does the actor handle URL-encoded email addresses?
A: Email addresses containing +, %2B, spaces, or double-encoded characters are automatically decoded and normalized before querying.

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🎯 Use Cases

• 🧪 QA & Automated Testing — Generate a unique email address per test execution in 1 single call
• 🔐 OTP & Verification Code Extraction — Automatically capture OTP codes and confirmation links in Apify datasets
• 🛡️ Privacy & Account Creation — Create accounts without exposing personal emails
• 📊 Lead Gen Form Audits — Test form delivery across Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, and iCloud
• 🤖 End-to-End Scraping Pipelines — Chain with web scrapers for automated account verification

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