How to test email sending without spamming real users
Set up an SMTP test server that accepts any recipient and never delivers. Step-by-step setup for Laravel, plain PHP, Python and Node, plus what to check before you go live.
Guides
Practical, no-fluff articles about testing email and webhooks before your users ever see them.
How to catch webhooks locally (Stripe, GitHub, Telegram) without ngrok
Give every integration a stable catch-all URL, inspect method, headers, query and JSON body, then replay the payload. Works without opening ports on your laptop.
Mailtrap alternative with private hosting: what you get and what you trade
An honest comparison of commercial email sandboxes and a privately hosted instance: price, data privacy, noindex guarantees, metering, maintenance and what self-hosting would really require.
Checking rendered emails with an AI assistant (JSON and text export)
Hand a read-only share link to your AI assistant: the same token answers as JSON or plain text, so a model can review subject, headers, links and body of every captured email.