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E2E email testing is a nightmare. I’m trying to fix the middle ground.

E2E email testing is a nightmare. I’m trying to fix the middle ground.

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If you write Playwright or Cypress tests, you already know the exact moment the joy leaves your body. Testing the UI is easy. But the second your test runner hits a "Check your email for the login code" screen, everything falls apart. I know the email testing space is already heavily saturated, but if you're just trying to verify an auth flow, developers are still forced into two terrible options: The duct-tape method: Wiring up a shared Gmail account via IMAP, writing brittle polling scripts, and praying that concurrent tests don't steal each other's OTPs. The overkill method: Adopting massive, expensive enterprise email QA platforms that feel like bringing a bazooka to kill a fly. There is a gap for a lightweight tool that just does one thing : provisions an isolated inbox on the fly, hands you the OTP or magic link, and gets out of your way. So, I built PostMX to fill that gap. I am launching the V1 today, and to be completely transparent, I have exactly zero users. But I want to sh

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