self-hosted disposable email service

Create your own temporary email web-service by combining

• a catch-all imap mailbox and
• this easy to install web-application.

A random email address is created for every user and everything is updated automatically.
Emails can also be deleted.

You have to know

• Use and you will be notified about issues and bugfixes.
• This is Beta software, there are still unsolved problems. Contributions are welcome!
• License: GPL-3.0. You can modify this application and run it anywhere, charge money and show advertisement. Any forks or repacked distribution must follow the GPL-3.0 license.
• A link to https://github.com/synox/disposable-mailbox in the footer is appreciated.

Requirements

• webserver with php >=5.3.0
• php imap extension
• IMAP account and a domain with catch-all configuration (all emails go to one mailbox).

Installation

1. assure the imap extension is installed. The following command should not print any errors:

    <?php print imap_base64("SU1BUCBleHRlbnNpb24gc2VlbXMgdG8gYmUgaW5zdGFsbGVkLiA="); ?>
   

2. download a release or clone this repository

3. copy the files in the src directory to your web server (not the whole repo!).

4. rename config.sample.php to config.php and apply the imap settings. Move config.php to a safe location outside the public_html.

5. edit backend.php and set the new path to config.php.

6. open it in your browser, check your php error log for messages.

Build it yourself

The src directory contains all required files. If you want to update the php dependencies, you can update them yourself. You must have composer installed.

Install php dependecies:

composer update

Credit

This could not be possible without...

• https://github.com/barbushin/php-imap
• https://github.com/gnugat-legacy/PronounceableWord
• http://htmlpurifier.org/
• https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks
• http://tobiasahlin.com/spinkit/

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