The writing desk
Pick your situation, fill in a few details, and get a polite, specific email with a clear subject line. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
More from the desk
Each one runs in your browser, with nothing to sign up for.
Is this an academic domain? Check an address against a public list of university domains and spot look-alikes.
Check a domainPaste a draft and see greeting, sign-off, text-speak, shouting and demanding phrases highlighted.
Check my draftName, pronouns, program and links, as HTML and plain text. Student ID stays out unless you add it.
Make a signatureThe request email plus a timeline: when to ask, when to remind, with calendar reminders.
Plan my requestA short, personal cold email about joining a lab, with length and personalization checks.
Write to a labNo reply yet? See how long to wait for your situation, then send a polite nudge.
Write a follow-upWho issues academic addresses, what happens after graduation, and the scams aimed at students.
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A free disposable inbox for one-off sign-ups: a free download, a newsletter you are not sure about, a contest entry. No sign-up, a random or custom address, and messages are deleted automatically after 3 days. Keep using your school address for anything your school, financial aid office or professors need to reach you about.
Get a temporary inboxSuspicious email from “IT services”?
Got a “your student account will be closed” message? Open the link in a disposable cloud browser (Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Edge or Chromium on an isolated desktop that is deleted after each session) instead of on your own laptop, or check the sender's domain with the free DNS & domain lookup.
Try the cloud browserQuestions
Use their title and last name: “Dear Professor Okafor,” or “Dear Dr. Okafor,”. In the US, “Professor” is a safe default for faculty. In the UK and many other countries, “Professor” is a senior rank, so most lecturers are addressed as “Dr.”. Use a first name only if they have invited you to.
The topic and the course, so it is clear before they open it, for example “Extension request: Essay 2 – PSYC 210”. Avoid one-word subjects like “Question” or “Help”.
Short: usually under 200 words. Say who you are and which class you are in, make one clear request, and give any dates that matter. If it needs much more than that, ask to meet in office hours instead.
Two working days is reasonable for most course questions; a cold email about research can take a week or two. If you have not heard back, send one polite follow-up in the same thread. The follow-up email page suggests timing for each situation.
Your school email address, if you have one. Your instructor can see who you are, it is less likely to be filtered, and many schools expect course matters to go through school accounts.
No. The email is put together in your browser and is not sent to a server. You copy it, download it as a text file, or open it in your own mail app. Visits are counted with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which does not use cookies and never sees what you type.