Stop Mocking Emails: Why Playwright Teams Need Real Inbox Testing

Mocking email in tests creates a false sense of security—the real issues happen in production when templates break, URLs misconfigure, or timing fails. Running traditional mail servers adds unnecessary infrastructure complexity. The solution is simple: generate unique inboxes per test and assert on real email content, as demonstrated with ZeroDrop, eliminating both mocking false positives and Docker-based infrastructure overhead.