shitty.email

Since we started counting in December 2025, 982,806 emails have arrived at shitty.email for addresses with no inbox behind them. Nobody was there to read them, so every one was deleted unread.

Where they come from

Our counter doesn’t record why a message had nowhere to go, so we can’t split the number exactly. It covers three cases:

• Expired inboxes, probably most of it. An address lives for an hour, but the site you gave it to keeps it forever: newsletters, “we miss you” campaigns, and whatever list your address was sold or leaked onto.
• Addresses that never existed. Spammers guess common names at any domain that accepts mail.
• Full inboxes. An inbox holds 100 messages; anything after that is discarded.

It still arrives at about 3,700 a day, so the counter should pass one million within a week.

Why senders never stop

A normal mail server rejects mail for unknown addresses, and the sender eventually cleans up their list. We deliberately don’t. Every message is accepted and then silently discarded. If we rejected unknown addresses, anyone could ask our server which addresses have a live inbox right now and which don’t. Accepting everything gives nothing away, but it also means senders are never told the address is dead, so they keep sending.

That is the point of a disposable address. Every one of those 982,806 emails would otherwise have been in someone’s real inbox.

Also new: clearer limits, smoother new inboxes

You can create 25 new inboxes per IP per hour, and read mail with up to 30 API requests per minute. Both are listed in the developer docs.

• If you reach the limit, the page tells you exactly how many minutes to wait.
• New Inbox now keeps your current inbox open until the new one is ready, so switching is seamless.
• The live connection that delivers your mail now stays steady after you switch inboxes.
• The limit is per IP, and mobile carriers and offices often put many people behind one address. If you’re blocked without having done much, that’s probably why. It clears within the hour.

The site used to pull its two typefaces from a font CDN, which meant every visitor's browser announced itself to a third party before the inbox had even loaded. Both fonts now ship from this server.

• No font CDN request, so no third party sees your IP on page load
• Fonts are preloaded and cached for a year — text stops shifting around on first paint
• CSS and JS now carry a one-hour cache with stale-while-revalidate; HTML is always revalidated so updates are never stale

shitty.email now works with OpenClaw, the popular open-source AI assistant! Automate signups, extract verification codes, and manage temp emails through natural conversation.

• "Create a temporary email for me"
• "Sign me up for that newsletter with a burner email"
• "Wait for the verification email and tell me the code"

Install the skill with one command:

npx clawhub@latest install shitty-email

Check out our Developer docs for the full API reference and more examples.

External images in emails are now proxied through our server, protecting your privacy.

• Your IP address is hidden from email senders
• Tracking pixels can no longer identify you
• Images are cached for faster loading
• Works automatically - no action needed

Need more time? You can now extend your inbox lifetime with a single click!

• Click the "Extend" button next to the timer
• Extend by 1 hour at a time
• Maximum lifetime: 24 hours total
• All existing emails are preserved

You can now switch between dark and light themes! Click the moon/sun icon in the top right corner.

• Theme preference is saved to your browser
• Respects your system preference by default
• Works across all pages

Improved the mobile experience with better responsive design and touch-friendly interactions.

shitty.email is now live! A simple, free, temporary email service with no signup required.

• Instant disposable email addresses
• Real-time email delivery via WebSocket
• 1-hour auto-expiry for complete privacy
• No tracking, no cookies, no bullshit