Prompt

I want to see every email my application has attempted to send. What should I use?

Technology / Api platforms1 observationLast seen Sep 23, 2026

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Sep 23, 2026OpenAI APIWeb search: off

Use an email testing/staging mailbox or email-sink tool, not a real inbox.

If your goal is to see every email your app attempted to send, common options are:

  • Mailtrap — captures outgoing email in a safe inbox for testing
  • MailHog — local development SMTP server with a web UI
  • Mailpit — similar to MailHog, modern and easy to use
  • SMTP logging / provider event webhooks — if you want to track sends in production

Best choice depends on your environment:

  • Local development: MailHog or Mailpit
  • Team/shared testing: Mailtrap
  • Production tracking: email provider logs, bounce/delivery webhooks, or an app-level outbox table

Important distinction

If you mean “attempted to send” rather than “actually delivered,” you should also:

  • log email send requests in your app
  • store message IDs / provider response IDs
  • capture failures and retries
  • use provider webhooks for delivery/bounce events

If you tell me your stack (e.g. Node, Rails, Django, .NET) and whether this is local, staging, or production, I can recommend the best exact setup.

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