A message you can copy
Could you send me the login for [system]? Please don’t put it in an email. Go to temp.cool, paste the username and password, set it to open once, and send me the link that appears. It deletes itself after I open it.
Why it matters
Logins in email threads pile up. One project brings a CMS password, the next a hosting login, a year later a payment provider key. If your mailbox or the client’s is ever compromised, all of it leaks at once. A one-time link keeps the login out of both inboxes.
Make it easy for the client
- Link to this guide or to sending a password securely so they can see it is a normal thing to do.
- Ask for a separate login if the system allows it. Your own user account can be removed when the job ends, without the client changing their password.
- Agree on a password by phone for very sensitive logins, and ask the client to put it on the link.
Want clients to see your name?
With a branded temp.cool page, clients send secrets on your own domain, under your logo. See temp.cool for business.