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What we use to deliver your mail—and what we keep temporarily
Keeping your real address private from sites you sign up with does not mean your messages bypass our service. Before using it, understand what data each option needs and which actions actually affect future mail delivery.
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Forwarding archives last 30 days
Messages received through aliases are archived temporarily, including blocked spam. They are automatically deleted after 30 days and are not a permanent backup.
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Temporary inboxes and accounts use separate credentials. Logging out does not destroy a temporary inbox, so take separate steps on shared devices.
See tips for shared devices01 · Scope
Two ways to receive mail, each with its own data needs
This policy covers the temporary inboxes, forwarding aliases, and related web features provided at https://tmppod.com. For privacy questions, contact us using the support email at the end of this page. This notice does not replace the privacy policies of third-party websites or your regular email provider.
Temporary inboxes without sign-in
Open the inbox on the homepage to get a temporary address without submitting your real email first. We still need to process the temporary address, access credentials, expiration time, and incoming messages to show the right mail in your browser. “No sign-up” does not mean the service processes no data.
Long-term forwarding with email verification
To use forwarding, you need to receive a login code at your real email address. After verification, we link your account, aliases, and forwarding destination to deliver incoming messages, show archives, and manage aliases. You can access this from the email forwarding page.
Hiding your real address does not make you fully anonymous
An alias gives a site you sign up with an alternate address, but Tmppod still needs to know your forwarding destination to deliver messages. Message content, website account details, or personal information you provide may also identify you to third parties. To assess what may be exposed, see our real email exposure check.
02 · How data is used
What we need to deliver mail to the right place
The table below shows how data is used at each stage of receiving mail, rather than grouping everything under “account information.” Temporary inboxes and account features need different data. Using one does not mean you have enabled the other.
Messages are received, forwarded, or archived by the service. Our private inbox features are not end-to-end encryption, nor do they prevent us from processing message content. For sensitive medical, financial, or identity-related information, consider whether you should use an email account you control long term.
| Data | Purpose | Important limits |
|---|---|---|
| Real login email and verification details | Send login codes, verify control of the email address, and forward alias messages to this destination. | Sites you sign up with usually see only the alias you give them, but we still need to link it to your real email to forward messages. |
| Temporary address, access credentials, and expiration | Locate a temporary inbox, verify access requests, and control how long messages remain accessible. | Credentials grant access and should not be shared. The address itself is not an account login credential. |
| Alias address and status | Route incoming mail to the right account and determine whether to keep forwarding based on each alias's status. | Disabling an alias affects future handling; it cannot remove the address from a third-party site's database. |
| Message content and metadata | Receive, display, or forward messages and provide archive details such as sender, subject, received time, and forwarding status. | Messages received through aliases may still appear in the archive if marked as spam, so you can check for false positives. |
| Essential operational and security data | Handle requests, troubleshoot delivery issues, prevent abuse, and keep the service running. This may involve IP addresses, request times, and error details. | These data do not all follow the same retention period as messages. We do not promise a fixed retention period for items not specified in this policy. |
Login codes and forwarded messages also pass through relevant email systems. Information delivered to your email provider or a third-party site is handled by that recipient under its own policies. Deleting a message from Tmppod does not delete those copies.
03 · Retention periods
Messages are kept temporarily, not as permanent records
Temporary inbox expiration and forwarding archive retention are separate rules. Check the inbox for how long a temporary address remains valid, and keep any messages you need long term in an email account you control.
| Item | Retention rule | What expiration or deletion means |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary inbox and its messages | Valid for 3 hours by default. Renew before expiration in 3-hour increments, up to 24 hours total. | Once the address expires, it and its messages are deleted. You cannot recover them by signing in again. |
| Forwarding alias message archive | Kept for 30 days, then automatically deleted. Blocked spam is included in this archive. | Expired messages cannot be restored from the online archive. Copies already forwarded to your real email are unaffected. |
| Account email, alias settings, and operational data | Used for account services, routing, and essential operations; not covered by the “30-day message archive” period. | Contact support with questions about how specific data is handled or to request deletion. We do not invent a fixed retention period for data not specified here. |
Closing the webpage does not immediately destroy a temporary inbox, and logging out does not make a forwarding archive expire early. To manage content before it expires, use the delete or change-address options below. You can also compare the two email options on the email comparison page.
04 · Browser credentials
Anyone with access to this browser may be able to access your messages
Your browser stores an access token to restore a temporary inbox and a login token to access a forwarding account. These are separate credentials: the temporary token locates and opens one temporary inbox; the account token provides access to that account's aliases, archive, and settings.
Anyone with valid credentials may access the service with the permissions they grant. Do not share credentials, URLs containing credentials, or screenshots of developer tools. Local browser storage is not a safe. Someone using the same browser profile may be able to access a session that is still active.
End both types of access on shared devices
- Account access: Use “Log out” in the forwarding dashboard to clear the account login state saved in the current browser. Logging out does not delete the account or disable all aliases.
- Temporary inbox: Delete any messages you no longer need. To invalidate the old address, select “Get another” on the homepage. Once the new address is created, the old temporary inbox is destroyed.
- Before leaving the device: Log out, close related tabs, and check whether the browser still has message content, downloads, or screenshots saved. Closing tabs alone does not replace these steps.
Clearing local site data may remove your temporary inbox access credentials, but it does not confirm that messages have been deleted from the server or revoke credentials stored elsewhere. “I can’t see it in my browser anymore” is not proof that deletion is complete.
05 · Actions you can take
Deleting, disabling, and logging out do different things
First decide whether you want to remove a message, stop an address from receiving mail, or end access on the current device, then choose the matching action. Each action applies only to its intended item. It does not automatically clear information held by third-party sites, senders, or your email provider.
- Delete a message
- Open a message in the temporary inbox or forwarding archive and delete it to remove that message from the relevant service. This does not stop the sender from sending more messages or delete copies already forwarded to your real email.
- Destroy an old temporary inbox
- Selecting “Get another” on the homepage creates a new temporary address, then destroys the old inbox. The old address and its messages are invalidated. This is not just clearing the browser display, and it does not log you out of a forwarding account.
- Disable a forwarding alias
- Turn off the relevant alias in alias management to stop forwarding future messages for that alias. Other aliases are unaffected. Existing archive messages remain for 30 days. Disabling an alias cannot take back the address you previously gave to a website.
- Delete a forwarding alias
- Remove the alias configuration and stop using that address for future mail. Before deleting it, update the contact or recovery email on any relevant websites. Deleting an alias does not clear all archived messages; delete any archive messages you want removed separately.
- Log out of your account
- End the account login state saved in the current browser. This does not destroy temporary inboxes, disable aliases, or delete archives. To manage aliases again after logging out, you will need to verify your real email address again.
If you use an alias for orders, subscriptions, or account recovery, first change the address on the relevant site to one that can still receive mail, then disable or delete the old alias. To clean up marketing mail, see our spam damage-control guide to avoid missing important notices.
06 · Your rights and contact
You can ask for help without sending sensitive message content
You can contact support@tmppod.com to request access, correction, deletion, or other privacy-related assistance concerning your data. What we can do depends on your request, whether we can verify your identity, and applicable requirements. We may need to confirm that you control the relevant email address or account to avoid giving someone else’s messages or information to the wrong person.
For your first message, say whether your request concerns a temporary inbox or forwarding account, what you want addressed, the relevant address, and approximately when it happened. Do not send login codes, access tokens, authenticator keys, identity documents, or the full contents of a sensitive email. If we need more information, we will first confirm why it is necessary.
A request with enough detail to get started
For example: “I have a question about what can be deleted from the archive for an alias on my forwarding account. The issue occurred around [date]. Please let me know how I can verify control of the account.” Describe the issue first; do not attach other people’s information just to prove it happened.
Deleting an online archive does not replace asking a third-party site to delete your data, and it cannot recall messages already delivered to your real email. For permitted uses, restrictions, and responsibility limits, also read the separate Terms of Service. If this policy changes, this page will be updated with the relevant details and revision date.
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