n8n-nodes-receivemail

An n8n community node for receivemail.dev — a free disposable email inbox with no signup and no API key.

Use it to pull a verification email or code into a workflow: create a mailbox, give the address to whatever you're testing or automating, then wait for the mail to land.

Install

In n8n: Settings → Community Nodes → Install, enter n8n-nodes-receivemail.

Operations

receivemail.dev node:

| Operation | What it does | | --- | --- | | Create Mailbox | Reserve a fresh @receivemail.dev address. Returns address, expiresAt and a secret. Optional TTL 1–60 min (default 15). | | Get Messages | Return every message currently in a mailbox (address + secret). | | Wait for Email | Poll a mailbox until a matching message arrives, then output it. Timeout up to 300s. Optional "subject contains" / "from contains" filters. Only matches mail that arrives after the node starts. |

Each message has from_address, subject, body_text, received_at.

Example workflow

1. receivemail.dev → Create Mailbox
2. HTTP Request → call your app's signup with {{ $json.address }}
3. receivemail.dev → Wait for Email, address = {{ $node["receivemail.dev"].json.address }}, secret = {{ $node["receivemail.dev"].json.secret }}, filter subject contains verify
4. Use a Set / regex node on body_text to extract the link or the code.

Notes

• Creating a mailbox is unauthenticated. Reading it needs the secret from the create step.
• Mailboxes live at most 60 minutes — this is for short-lived flows, not a standing inbox.
• Rate limit: 20 mailbox creations per minute per IP.
• Need an SMS code instead? See sms-florin.

Coming from another tool?

Side-by-side comparisons, with each vendor's current pricing: MailSlurp · Mailosaur · Mailinator · Mailsac

License

MIT