The short version
KilgoreTM is a receive-only temporary-email tool from KilgoreProject. It does not require an account, ask for your personal email to get started, or use advertising trackers or analytics in the application.
There is no mailbox password. Anyone who knows an address may be able to retrieve its mail. Do not use it for important accounts, identity documents, financial information or sensitive conversations.
Information needed to make it work
- Your temporary address
- Sent to our server when you check mail or download a file, so the requested inbox can be retrieved.
- Email content & attachments
- Processed on request and sent to your browser. The application does not write message contents to a database or mail archive.
- Local organisation data
- Read state, stars, importance, folder placement, category, labels, snooze times and rules are created by you in your browser and are not sent to us.
- Connection information
- Network services necessarily handle connection data such as your IP address, request time and browser request headers. Hosting infrastructure may produce operational or security logs.
- Messages you send us
- If you contact support, we receive the contact information and content you choose to send. Do not send passwords, verification codes or private mailbox contents.
The application does not log mailbox addresses, message bodies or attachment contents. Infrastructure logging is separate; we do not claim that every system involved keeps no logs.
What is stored, and where
In your tab: temporary addresses, inbox names and pins, the selected inbox, and local read, star, importance, folder, category, label and snooze state associated with opaque message identifiers are saved in session storage when your browser allows it. Messages are held in page memory while you use the inbox and are not saved for reloads. Session storage can survive reloads and browser session restoration; closing a tab is not a guaranteed erasure method.
Optional device storage: if you choose Remember on this device, this browser stores addresses, inbox names, pins, that local message state, your labels and your rules in IndexedDB, and a storage preference in local storage. Other tabs using device mode can update the same saved inboxes; notifications between tabs carry no message content. Message bodies and attachments are not saved in this database. Using session-only mode in one tab does not delete the device copy; use Delete saved inboxes to remove it.
Preferences: theme, row density, keyboard-shortcut setting and similar display preferences are stored separately in local storage for this browser.
Exports and backups: a workspace export you download contains addresses, names, flags, labels and rules, but never message bodies, attachments, verification codes or server settings. A message export contains the message content you chose to export. These files stay on your device.
Other device copies: copying an address puts it on your system clipboard. Downloaded attachments are saved according to your browser settings. KilgoreTM cannot clear those copies or another website’s records for you.
On our application server: request and response data is buffered temporarily to deliver it. There is no application mailbox database. Operational request-limit counters are held in process memory.
Offline cache: after a successful online visit, a service worker may save the generic recovery page, styles, fonts and logo. It does not cache inbox pages, API responses, addresses, messages or attachments.
External mail systems: mail delivery and retrieval depend on external infrastructure, which may have its own records and retention rules. We cannot promise a fixed inbox lifetime or a universal deletion deadline.
Support correspondence may be kept as needed to address the request, investigate abuse, or meet applicable legal obligations. We do not promise a fixed retention period that the service cannot verify.
When you choose Export TXT or Export JSON, the downloaded file contains the selected message content and may include sensitive information. You control and must separately remove those downloaded copies.
Your choices
- Use Forget address to remove the selected address from the active storage mode and clear its displayed inbox. In device mode this also updates other device-mode tabs. This does not delete mail from external systems or copies elsewhere.
- Use Storage to choose session-only mode in this tab, export a workspace backup, import one, or delete saved device inboxes. Open tabs can still hold in-memory or session copies.
- Use your browser’s site-data controls to remove local storage, the offline cache and service-worker registration. Clear downloaded files and clipboard contents separately.
- Stop using an address if you no longer need it. There is no account to close. You can try to open a previous address, but recovery is not guaranteed.
- Contact us about access, correction, deletion or other privacy rights that may apply where you live. We may need enough information to understand your request; knowing a temporary address is not reliable proof of identity.
The service is not intended for storing children’s personal information. If you believe a child has sent personal data through the service or to our support contact, notify us without forwarding sensitive content.
Questions & changes
Contact Contact@thekilgore.com with the subject “KilgoreTM privacy”. Where applicable, you may also have the right to contact your local data-protection authority.
Changes to this policy will be published here with an updated effective date. This policy describes the current application; it does not promise certifications, regulatory status or protections that have not been established.
Related: Terms of service · Security & safe use.