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Accessing the PayPal Sandbox and Email
Sandbox Email
Sandbox Email
When certain kinds of transactions occur in the live PayPal system, PayPal sends email
messages to participants in the transaction. From these email messages, the recipient or
initiator of an event or transaction can verify that the event took place and that the monetary
amounts associated with the event are correct. With the live PayPal system, email messages
are sent to the real email addresses of the participants.
PayPal Sandbox email, however, is a self-contained email system in the Sandbox itself. Each
developer registered with PayPal Developer Central has a single inbox to which all email
messages for test users are sent. See Figure 2.2, “Sandbox Email Client.” You see email
messages addressed only to test users associated with your Developer Central account: the
Sandbox test accounts you set up.
To access your email inbox in the Sandbox:
1. Log in to Developer Central.
2. Click the Email tab.
Up to 30 of the latest email messages are listed in your inbox. The subject line of email
messages you have not read are in bold. Click a subject line to read the message.
FIGURE 2.2 Sandbox Email Client