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Dev tools · January 7, 2026

VaultSandbox

Production-Like Email Testing Without Mocks

What it does

Keep your provider and your config. Just swap the recipient to validate real TLS, DNS, and SPF/DKIM entirely inside your VPC. Works with Postmark, SendGrid, SES, and more.

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