Email Testing (SpurMail)
Accessing test emails through spurmail.com
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Spur provides email testing capabilities through spurmail.com. Any email address with this domain is automatically initialized as soon as it receives the first email.
Accessing Test Emails
To access test emails, you can use redirect steps in the test editor to navigate to spurmail.com. For example:
You can use our Redirect or Open in a New Tab Browser Actions to access your email inbox!
Simply replace test_inbox with any spurmail.com address you want to check.
The web interface will show all emails sent to that address, and the Spur agent can navigate through just as any other website.
SpurMail inbox
Accessing Email Content
Once you’ve navigated to the spurmail.com inbox, you can access different parts of an email by clicking on the appropriate tabs in the email interface.
The options for each email
Supported Attachment Types
When testing emails with attachments, SpurMail supports viewing the following attachment types:
- PDF documents
- Images (JPG, PNG, GIF)
- Must be below 25MB in size
Attachments in unsupported formats can be received, and their names and existence can be verified. At this moment, we do not support previewing any attachements other than those listed here.
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Example Use Cases
SpurMail has been used in various testing scenarios including:
- User Registration: Test confirmation emails and verification links
- Password Reset: Verify reset instructions and link functionality
- OTP Verification: Test delivery and validation of one-time passwords
- Marketing Emails: Verify promotional content and unsubscribe functionality
- Transactional Emails: Test order confirmations, shipping notifications, and invoices
- Multi-step Workflows: Automate processes that include verifying against an email
Helpful Notes
- You can use multiple email addresses in the same test
- It can be useful to write a Clear Inbox teardown for your email, for ease of use.