Mailinator.com architecture write-up
Paul Tyma talks about his personal project - Mailinator.com, and discusses the architecture of the project that gets 5 mln e-mails a day during the peak time. It’s a pure Java app, with the Web interface, the e-mail server itself and the e-mail storage system (that only guarantees the letters to stick around for few hours) are all written in Java and run on top of Tomcat.
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Almost 3.5 years ago I started the Mailinator(tm) service. I got the bulk of the idea from my drunk roommate at the time and the first incarnation took me all of about 3 days to code up. In some senses it was a crazy idea. As far I know, it was the first site of its kind. A web-based email service that allowed any incoming email to create an inbox. No sign-up. No personal information. Send email first, check email later.
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