Play multiple roles in one app

Some features of a Software may include the receipt of emails from users. To verify actual reception, the first thought is to use your work email (I would advise against using personal data).
Its use is not always sufficient: apps normally provide different profiles and, as testers, we have to check them all. We can compare ourselves to Tony Stark or other characters who, on the same film, played different roles.

What solutions can be adopted?

alias email

One solution is to use email aliases: they are alternative email addresses that are added to a user's primary email address. Messages sent to the alias are automatically routed to the user's primary account inbox.

For example, if a person had a clothing store and the main email was “laboutiquedimarco@gmail.com”, these aliases could be created: “acquisti@gmail.com”, “info@gmail.com”, “return theclothes@ gmail.com”, etc. In this way, any emails sent to the aliases will arrive at “laboutiquedimarco@gmail.com”.
Google's video provides an even clearer idea of the concept of aliases.

airbnb

To better understand reality, let's think about Airbnb as a practical example. Here two different profiles can occur: the first is the classic user who has to make reservations, the second is the host who makes the homes available. In this case it is advisable to create two different users with two different emails and, in this way we can verify that each of them receives the appropriate communications.

how to request aliases

For a company employee, this action cannot be done independently, and must be requested from the IT department administrator.
For those who work independently and are VAT registered, you need to access the administration panel of the main email and add the necessary aliases.

temporary emails

An alternative is the use of temporary emails: they are disposable inboxes that have a time limit (from a few minutes to hours or even days) that allow you to receive emails, thus avoiding the use of personal emails. There are many online tools that offer this service: for example yopmail, temp-email and temp-mail. It's up to you to find the one you like best and the most suitable one.

temporary telephone numbers

Like temporary emails, there are also tools that provide temporary phone numbers that allow you to receive messages without having to use your own number.

Conclusion

To ensure maximum quality in the software, all roles must be verified. And there are several alternatives which, also for privacy reasons, allow us to impersonate the different profiles and achieve the established objective.