Reading Email

There are several ways for to view email messages using Mailsac

Inbox View
Unified Inbox
REST API
POP3

Read an Email Message

../../_images/inbox_view_reading_mail.gif — View Emails from the main page of the Mailsac Website

Read using curl. Requires JQ

curl -s -H "Mailsac-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    -X GET https://mailsac.com/api/addresses/calendartrinity@mailsac.com/messages \
    | jq .[0]._id | \
    xargs -I {} curl -H "Mailsac-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    -X GET https://mailsac.com/api/text/calendartrinity@mailsac.com/{}

# curl output
Dogtreats are good!

Read using Node.js. requires
npm install superagent

const superagent = require('superagent')
const mailsac_api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

superagent
  .get('https://mailsac.com/api/addresses/calendartrinity@mailsac.com/messages')
  .set('Mailsac-Key', mailsac_api_key)
  .then((messages) => {
      const messageId = messages.body[0]._id
      superagent
          .get('https://mailsac.com/api/text/calendartrinity@mailsac.com/' + messageId)
          .set('Mailsac-Key', mailsac_api_key)
              .then((messageText) => {
                  console.log(messageText.text)
              })
  })
  .catch(err => {
      console.log(err.message)
  })

/*
Dogtreats are good!
*/

Read using Python

import requests
from pprint import pprint

headers = {'Mailsac-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'}
url = 'https://mailsac.com/api/addresses/calendartrinity@mailsac.com/messages'
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
message_id =  r.json()[0]['_id']
url = 'https://mailsac.com/api/text/calendartrinity@mailsac.com/' + message_id
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
pprint(r.text)

'''
'Dogteats are good!'
'''

Inbox View

Enter the email address of the Inbox to be viewed in this box on the main page of the Mailsac Website

An Inbox can be viewed by entering the URL for the Inbox in a browser address bar. The URL to view an Inbox always follows the format https://mailsac.com/inbox/EMAIL_ADDRESS

Any non-private email address can be viewed without creating an account. To view the images and links of a message a Mailsac account must be used. A free account can be created from the sign-up page

Unified Inbox

The Unified Inbox provides a way to view the mail of all private addresses for the logged in Mailsac account.

The Unified Inbox is useful for managing multiple email addresses.

REST API

The REST API is the preferred method for reading messages programmattically. The /api/addresses/:email/messages and /api/text/:email/:messageId endpoints documented in the REST API documentation.

Generate an API by selecting API Keys from the Dashboard.
Send email using curl or your favorite HTTP library. Code Examples

Reading with POP3

Reading via POP3 allows email clients to read email.

Authentication

POP3 uses a username and password for authentication. The API key or SMTP Key for your account can be used to read from any of your private addresses. Alternatively, you can use a per private address SMTP password. The per private address SMTP password can be set through using the Dashboard -> Manage Email Addresses -> Select the POP/SMTP button next to the email address -> Select Set New Password

Email Client Configuration

Configure your email client (Gmail, Apple mail, Thunberbird, Outlook, iPhone, etc) using these POP3 settings:

Hostname / Server	poppy.mailsac.com
Email Address	Private email address
Username	Private email address
Username	Private email address
Password	API Key or SMTP Key
Port	110
Auth Settings	Password / allow plain / insecure

Viewing Email Attachments

For private addresses, the Unified Inbox allows downloading of attachments. Email fetched from private addresses using POP3 from an email client such as Apple Mail or GMail, will include attachments.

Public email addresses disallow downloading attachments - you must download the entire message file, or fetch attachments programmatically using the API.

Attachments cannot be hosted publicly for download because attachments often contain viruses and spam.