Email testing

Email testing

May 3, 2024

May 3, 2024

16.0.0

24.0.0

Built-in email testing with unique inboxes per test. Assert content, click links, run accessibility checks, and automate OTP flows with ease.

Built-in email testing with unique inboxes per test. Assert content, click links, run accessibility checks, and automate OTP flows with ease.

Built-in automated email testing for end-to-end flows

If your product sends emails, your automation needs to test them.

DoesQA includes a fully integrated email testing system that lets you receive, inspect, assert, and interact with emails directly inside your automated tests. No third-party inboxes. No forwarding hacks. No brittle workarounds.

From confirmation emails to magic links, OTP codes, and marketing campaigns, you can test every email your service sends as part of your functional pack.

Test real user journeys, end to end

Email is often the glue that holds a user journey together. With DoesQA you can:

  • Confirm account registrations

  • Reset forgotten passwords

  • Validate password-less or magic-link logins

  • Retrieve and use OTP codes for MFA

  • Interact with call-to-action buttons inside emails

  • Follow links and continue the journey in the browser

Your tests do not stop at the UI. They follow the full lifecycle of a real user interaction.

Two inbox types for different workflows

Account Email Inbox

Every DoesQA account includes a persistent mailbox.

Perfect for:

  • Building and debugging new tests

  • Monitoring email behaviour across runs

  • Inspecting content manually

  • Supporting manual testers

You can access your mailboxes from the main menu at any time.

Test Case Email Inbox

Each test run can generate a brand new, unique email address.

This means:

  • No cross-test contamination

  • No manual cleanup

  • Clean, isolated email flows every time

Register a new user, receive the confirmation email, extract an OTP code, click the magic link, and continue the journey without ever leaving your test.

Assert everything inside the email

Email testing in DoesQA is not limited to checking subject lines.

You can use the full power of the platform against your emails, including:

  • Content validation

  • Link checking for internal and external URLs

  • Visual regression to detect layout or styling changes

  • Accessibility audits

  • Interaction with buttons and embedded links

An email becomes just another surface to validate with the same consistency and control as your web application.

OTP and MFA ready

Modern applications rely heavily on one-time passwords and multi-factor authentication.

With DoesQA you can:

  • Extract OTP codes from emails automatically

  • Use them immediately inside your tests

  • Combine email-based OTP with other MFA strategies

This allows you to test guest users, new users, returning users, and MFA-enabled accounts within the same branching flows.

Faster feedback, stronger confidence

Email failures are easy to miss in manual testing and often overlooked in automation.

By integrating automated email testing directly into your functional test packs, you:

  • Catch broken links before release

  • Validate dynamic content reliably

  • Prevent accessibility regressions

  • Reduce the risk of failed onboarding or checkout flows

Email is no longer an afterthought. It is a first-class part of your automation strategy.