Acceptable Use Policy
This page explains, in plain language, what our free email generator is meant for and where the line is. A disposable inbox is a privacy and convenience tool — it should make your life easier without making anyone else's worse. Most people who use it will never need to read this page. It exists so that the small minority who would misuse the service know exactly where they stand, and so everyone else can see that we take that seriously.
By using the service you agree to stay within the limits described here. If a use isn't listed, apply the spirit of the policy: does this protect my own privacy without deceiving, impersonating, or harming someone else?
What the service is designed for
The generator exists for low-stakes, short-lived interactions where handing over your real address would only invite spam or unwanted tracking. These uses are legitimate and encouraged:
- One-off sign-ups, gated downloads, and free trials you don't intend to keep — see using an email generator for sign-ups.
- Keeping marketing and breach exposure away from your personal inbox — see avoid spam with an email generator.
- Receiving a one-time verification code for an account you won't return to — see how to receive verification codes.
- Development, QA, and testing of your own sign-up and email flows — see email generator for developers.
These uses have one thing in common: they protect you, and they don't deceive or harm the service on the other side beyond declining to give it a permanent address — which you were never obliged to give in the first place.
What you must not use it for
The same disposability that makes the tool useful can be abused. The following are not allowed, and using the service for them breaches this policy:
- Fraud and deception for gain. Scams, phishing follow-through, fake reviews, payment fraud, or any scheme designed to trick a person or business out of money or data.
- Impersonation and harassment. Creating accounts to pose as someone else, to stalk, threaten, or harass a person, or to evade a block another user has placed on you.
- Evading bans or suspensions in order to keep harming a platform or its community after you were removed for cause.
- Reaching inboxes or accounts that aren't yours. Generated addresses are shared and guessable by design — deliberately guessing a username to read another person's mail, or using the service to take over someone else's account, is prohibited.
- Bypassing identity checks where identity is legally required — banking, government services, age-restricted services, or anything that exists specifically to confirm who you are.
- Illegal content. Using an inbox to receive or pass on content that is illegal where you are — child sexual abuse material above all — is met with zero tolerance and reported where the law requires it.
- Mass automated abuse. Scripting bulk account creation to attack, overwhelm, or manipulate a service — fake engagement, vote manipulation, or support for credential-stuffing.
This list is not exhaustive. The common thread is harm to others: if your use depends on someone else being deceived, impersonated, or violated, it is not acceptable here.
Why you cannot send spam through us
This is worth stating plainly: the service is receive-only. There is no outbound mail, no "compose" button, and no SMTP credentials for sending — the capability simply does not exist. You cannot use a generated address to send spam, phishing, or bulk mail, because nothing ever leaves the inbox. That is a structural fact, not just a rule we ask you to trust. What the policy above adds is the part design alone cannot prevent: using a received code to stand up an account whose purpose is to harm others.
Shared and guessable inboxes are your responsibility
Because there is no password, anyone who knows or guesses an address can open its inbox, so you must treat a generated address as public. Never route anything you would mind a stranger reading — password resets for accounts you keep, two-factor codes you rely on, or personal documents. For a sensitive one-off, leave the random username as generated rather than picking an obvious one. The reasoning is in the email generator privacy guide and email generator best practices.
How we handle abuse
We keep operator access to inboxes to a minimum and use it only to investigate suspected abuse, comply with a valid legal request, or keep the service running. When we find misuse, we may purge the inbox, block the address or username, remove a domain from rotation, or restrict access — without notice where the situation demands it. We do not sell access to inboxes, and we do not read mail for any purpose beyond the limited ones just described. What we store, and for how long, is covered in the privacy guide and our privacy policy.
Reporting abuse
If you believe someone is using the service to harm you or others — impersonation, fraud, harassment, or illegal content — please tell us. Use the feedback link in the site footer and include enough detail for us to act: the address or username involved, and what happened. We review reports and take the steps above wherever they apply.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the service evolves or as new forms of abuse appear. When it changes in a meaningful way, we will update this page. Continuing to use the service after a change means you accept the updated terms.
For the wider picture of what the tool is and how it works, start with what is an email generator. For how your data is handled, see the privacy guide.