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SoftTalker ◴[] No.42175561[source]
What is the intended or typical use for something like this? Testing other applications that send email comes to mind, or am I missing some other uses?
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1. mooreds ◴[] No.42176331[source]
I use it for testing and local development.

We list it in our docs under 'other services'[0], where it is called out for local development.

Because it has an API[1] you can use it for integration testing as well.

Because it runs in docker, you can use it with any stack, not just ruby.

I would not run it in a prod setting.

0: https://fusionauth.io/docs/get-started/download-and-install/...

1: https://mailcatcher.me/#api