How I Keep Website Test Emails Separate From My Main Inbox

When testing a new website, I often need to check sign-up confirmations, welcome emails, password resets, and contact-form notifications.

At first, I tried several approaches: creating separate Gmail accounts, using aliases, and setting up mailboxes on my own domains. They all worked, but the setup quickly became more complicated than the actual testing.

After experimenting with a few services, I realized there was no need to reinvent the wheel.

For small projects, I now use SmailPro. Its free option provides up to five inboxes that I can rotate between, with common email types such as Gmail, Outlook, .edu, and custom-domain addresses.

That has been enough for checking basic email flows without filling my personal inbox with test messages. It is especially useful when I want to see how emails are delivered to different types of addresses.

One important limitation is that these are temporary, receive-only inboxes. I would not use them for important accounts, production data, or anything that may require account recovery later.

I am still refining my testing workflow, but for a new website or a small side project, keeping it simple has worked best for me.

How do you manage test emails in your projects? Do you prefer temporary inboxes, local email tools, or dedicated test accounts?