Guidelines for downloads and newsletter sign-ups

01 Service scope: receiving mail isn't the same as having a full email account

These guidelines apply to anyone who creates a temporary email address with Tempsummit, reads incoming messages, or signs in to create and manage forwarding aliases. Before using the service, read this page alongside our Privacy Policy to understand its limitations. If your use case can't tolerate an expired address or interrupted mail delivery, don't use a temporary address.

Temporary email requires no sign-up. Access your inbox with its access credential; it can receive mail but can't send or reply. To use a long-term alias, first verify your personal email address. Messages sent to the alias are then forwarded there. “Long-term” means it doesn't have a temporary address countdown; it doesn't guarantee permanent availability or data retention.

An address that follows email format doesn't mean we work with the website whose form you're using, or that a third party accepts the address. To understand the difference between an address and its ability to receive mail, read How disposable email generation works.

02 When to use—and when not to: consider what comes after the first email

A temporary inbox can help keep your personal address private when you need a download or a low-risk confirmation and won't need that address to contact the sender later. For a trial, check whether you'll receive expiry notices, billing messages or account recovery emails. If any of those follow-up needs apply, don't rely on a temporary address alone.

A forwarding alias may suit newsletters you want to keep receiving, but you'll need to maintain the destination inbox and monitor forwarding status. Use your personal email for replies, important notifications or proof of account ownership. For help weighing your options, see the Email address comparison. For specific trial examples, see the Guide to trials and downloads.

03 Address lifespan: save what you need before it expires

Temporary email addresses currently last 3 hours by default. Each manual extension adds 3 hours, up to 24 hours total. The actual expiry time and whether an extension is available depend on the service response and the countdown shown on the page. An extension only takes effect when it succeeds; clicking the button or leaving the page open won't extend the address automatically.

Changing your address creates a new temporary inbox and invalidates the old one. Messages in the old inbox won't be moved. Save anything you need before changing or deleting the address, or before it expires. Don't use an address that's about to expire for password recovery, billing or other long-term contact.

Save useful materials yourself and follow the content provider's terms and usage permissions. Clearing browser data, losing your access credential or deleting messages may prevent you from accessing them again. Don't treat this service as personal file storage or assume support can recover expired content.

04 Delivery and availability: not every form or message is guaranteed to work

Third parties may reject disposable email domains or restrict sign-ups, downloads and subscriptions under their own risk policies. A correctly formatted address isn't guaranteed to be accepted. We don't guarantee compatibility with every website or promise to bypass third-party restrictions.

Messages may be delayed, blocked or fail to forward because of sender queues, network issues, spam filtering or recipient rules. An empty inbox doesn't tell you whether the sender has sent the message. A forwarding record also doesn't necessarily mean the message reached your personal inbox's main folder.

Don't create addresses repeatedly to chase one email, request verification codes in quick succession or refresh the service API at a high frequency. These actions won't guarantee faster delivery and may trigger rate limits from us or a third party.

05 Acceptable use: what you can do—and what you can't

Use this service only with forms, accounts and test environments you're authorised to access, and follow applicable laws and third-party service rules. Providing a temporary address doesn't grant extra trial eligibility, access to someone else's account or permission to access restricted content.

To protect other users and email infrastructure, we may rate-limit unusual traffic, suspend access or disable affected addresses in response to abuse. A request being successful doesn't make its use acceptable. Unauthorised attempts to access the API, inbox credentials or someone else's content are also prohibited.

If you receive someone else's information by mistake, stop viewing it. Don't forward it or try to use it to access an account. You may report the incident to support with the relevant time and details, but don't send verification codes, access credentials or sensitive email content.

06 Records, changes and support: archives aren't permanent storage

The forwarding archive helps you review recent deliveries and investigate issues. It doesn't replace your personal inbox or serve as a permanent backup. Deleting an archive record won't remove copies already forwarded to your destination inbox. To delete those copies, you'll also need to do so in your own inbox.

Service features, quotas, retention settings and access methods may change or be temporarily unavailable for security, maintenance or product updates. Check this page's update date and any notices. If something changes, reassess whether the service still suits your needs and save anything important in advance.

For questions about data processing, browser credentials or privacy, read our Privacy Policy. To report a receiving or forwarding issue, include when it happened, your time zone, whether you used a temporary address or an alias, and any error message shown. Don't include login verification codes, inbox credentials, authenticator keys or complete sensitive emails.