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Emails

MailSlurp can send and receive emails and attachments. Let us cover some common functions.

Sending emails​

send email

To send emails first create an inbox. Then use the dashboard compose page or the sendEmail methods on the inbox controller.

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Sending attachments​

To send attachments first upload the attachment using the attachment controller:

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Then send an email using the attachment ID.

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Validating email recipients​

You can verify recipients when sending emails:

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See the verification guide for more options.

Use content templates​

You can create email templates that support moustache style variables.

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Then send email using the template and pass variables for replacement.

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Sending with schedule​

You can send email with a delay or scheduled delivery time like so:

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Sending with queues​

Use the sending queue to ensure emails are retried if they fail or your account experiences temporary limits.

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Sending with SMTP/IMAP​

Create an SMTP type inbox. Then use the IMAP or SMTP access details to access the inbox in code or from a mail client.

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See the IMAP SMTP guide for more information.

Sent emails​

Each sent email can be accessed with the SentEmail controller:

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Delivery status​

When emails are delivered an event is created. You can subscribe to delivery events using webhooks or view them in the dashboard.

Receiving emails​

Inboxes receive emails. You can use the InboxController and EmailController to read email or use webhooks to have emails sent to your server directly.

Read emails in dashboard​

The dashboard provides HTML previews for received emails:

Fetch emails in code​

Emails are stored in the inbox that receives them. You can fetch emails directly using the inbox controller.

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Download attachments​

You can download attachments by using the attachment ID.

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See the attachments page for more information.

Spam review​

Every email is automatically scanned for viruses and spam ratings. You can access these on the email object.

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Wait for emails​

The email wait for methods allow you to hold a request open until matching emails are found. This is very useful for receiving emails in tests when after you have performed an action.

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You can create complex search terms to match for email contents:

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Receive email with webhooks​

The best way to receive emails at scale is by using webhooks.

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Receive emails from connectors​

If you have connected a 3rd party email account with MailSlurp inbox connectors you can synchronize emails between them using the connector controller. Emails are also synchronized during wait for methods and if you pass a syncConnectors argument to fetch email commands. This means MailSlurp will pull new emails from your external mailbox before returning results.

Test email content​

MailSlurp provides many features for testing the rendering, validity, and client-support of email content. You can use MailSlurp to check spam ratings, DKIM/DMARC/SPF records, CSS/HTML feature support, cross-device rendering, broken links and more.