Somiron Adhikary 👋
A passionate WordPress Developer xF0x9Fx96xA5xEFxB8x8F & Digital Marketing Specialist with 3+ years of experience building for international clients.
Project:
TempBox
Overview
TempBox is a free, open-source disposable email service built in PHP. It gives visitors a working inbox the moment the page loads - no signup, no registration, and no real email address required. It's the kind of tool I like building on the side: small in scope, genuinely useful, and a good excuse to get the small details right.
The problem: signing up for trials, downloads, or one-off forms almost always means handing over a real email address that ends up on a marketing list. TempBox gives people a disposable inbox instead.
Who it's for: anyone who wants to protect their real inbox from spam during a signup, trial, or one-time verification.
Key Features & How They Were Built
Instant, No-Signup Access:
- Goal: visitors shouldn't have to create an account just to get a temporary inbox.
- Approach: a disposable address is generated automatically the moment the page loads, with a "New Address" option to start over at any time.
Live Inbox Without Manual Refreshing:
- Goal: new mail should show up without the user having to do anything.
- Approach: the inbox polls for new messages automatically every 10 seconds.
Safely Rendering Untrusted HTML Email:
- Goal: incoming emails can contain arbitrary HTML and attachments from unknown senders, which is a real risk if rendered carelessly.
- Approach: emails render inside a sandboxed viewer, with attachments listed separately in the email detail panel rather than executed inline.
Privacy By Default:
- Goal: a "throwaway" inbox should actually be throwaway.
- Approach: no real email is ever requested, nothing is tracked, and messages are automatically deleted after 24 hours.
Where It Stands
TempBox is live, free to use, and open source - there's no premium tier or paywall. It's a smaller project than a client build, but it's a fair example of how I approach PHP tools end to end: pick a real annoyance, scope it tightly, and ship something that actually works.
