diff --git a/src/Http/Requests/MailCareRequest.php b/src/Http/Requests/MailCareRequest.php
index fd4405b..313e93a 100644
--- a/src/Http/Requests/MailCareRequest.php
+++ b/src/Http/Requests/MailCareRequest.php
@@ -8,15 +8,22 @@
 
 class MailCareRequest extends FormRequest
 {
-    public function validator()
+    public function rules()
     {
-        return Validator::make($this->all(), [
-            'email' => 'required',
+        return [
+            "content_type" => "required|in:message/rfc2822",
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function prepareForValidation()
+    {
+        $this->merge([
+            "content_type" => $this->headers->get("Content-type"),
         ]);
     }
 
     public function email()
     {
-        return InboundEmail::fromMessage($this->get('email'));
+        return InboundEmail::fromMessage($this->getContent());
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Controllers/MailCareTest.php b/tests/Controllers/MailCareTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62b3f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Controllers/MailCareTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace BeyondCode\Mailbox\Tests\Controllers;
+
+use BeyondCode\Mailbox\Facades\Mailbox;
+use BeyondCode\Mailbox\InboundEmail;
+use BeyondCode\Mailbox\Tests\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Testing\TestResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\Mime\Email;
+
+class MailCareTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function getEnvironmentSetUp($app)
+    {
+        parent::getEnvironmentSetUp($app);
+
+        $app['config']['mailbox.driver'] = 'mailcare';
+        $app['config']['mailbox.basic_auth.username'] = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_accepts_raw_email_requests(): void
+    {
+
+        $message = new Email();
+        $message->subject("subject");
+        $message->from("from@example.com");
+        $message->to("to@example.com");
+        $message->text("this is body text");
+
+        Mailbox::shouldReceive("callMailboxes", function(InboundEmail $email){
+            return $email->subject() === 'this is body text'
+                && $email->from() === 'from@example.com'
+                && $email->to()[0]->getEmail() === 'to@example.com'
+                && $email->body() === 'this is body text';
+        });
+        $this->callWithEmail('POST','/laravel-mailbox/mailcare',$message)
+            ->assertStatus(200);
+    }
+
+    private function callWithEmail(string $method, string $url, Email $message): TestResponse
+    {
+        $server = $this->transformHeadersToServerVars([
+            "Content-Type" => 'message/rfc2822'
+        ]);
+        return $this->call($method, $url,[],[],[], $server,  $message->toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Controllers/MailgunTest.php b/tests/Controllers/MailgunTest.php
index af10733..d3490d6 100644
--- a/tests/Controllers/MailgunTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controllers/MailgunTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace BeyondCode\Mailbox\Tests\Controllers;
 
+use BeyondCode\Mailbox\Facades\Mailbox;
+use BeyondCode\Mailbox\InboundEmail;
 use BeyondCode\Mailbox\Tests\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Testing\TestResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\Mime\Email;
 
 class MailgunTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -23,7 +27,15 @@ public function it_verifies_mailgun_signatures()
             'signature' => 'something',
         ])->assertStatus(401);
 
-        $timestamp = time();
+
+        $this->callWithValidToken('mime')
+            ->assertStatus(200);
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_verifies_fresh_timestamps()
+    {
+        $timestamp = now()->subMinutes(5)->timestamp;
         $token = uniqid();
 
         $this->app['config']['mailbox.services.mailgun.key'] = '12345';
@@ -35,24 +47,48 @@ public function it_verifies_mailgun_signatures()
             'timestamp' => $timestamp,
             'token' => $token,
             'signature' => $validSignature,
-        ])->assertStatus(200);
+        ])->assertStatus(401);
     }
 
-    /** @test */
-    public function it_verifies_fresh_timestamps()
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_processes_mails_correctly()
     {
-        $timestamp = now()->subMinutes(5)->timestamp;
+        $message = new Email();
+        $message->subject("subject");
+        $message->from("from@example.com");
+        $message->to("to@example.com");
+        $message->text("this is body text");
+
+        Mailbox::shouldReceive("callMailboxes", function(InboundEmail $email){
+            return $email->subject() === 'this is body text'
+                && $email->from() === 'from@example.com'
+                && $email->to()[0]->getEmail() === 'to@example.com'
+                && $email->body() === 'this is body text';
+        });
+
+        $this->callWithValidToken($message->toString())
+            ->assertStatus(200);
+    }
+
+
+    private function callWithValidToken($mimeMail = 'mime'): TestResponse
+    {
+        $timestamp = time();
         $token = uniqid();
 
         $this->app['config']['mailbox.services.mailgun.key'] = '12345';
 
         $validSignature = hash_hmac('sha256', $timestamp.$token, '12345');
 
-        $this->post('/laravel-mailbox/mailgun/mime', [
-            'body-mime' => 'mime',
+        return $this->post('/laravel-mailbox/mailgun/mime', [
+            'body-mime' => $mimeMail,
             'timestamp' => $timestamp,
             'token' => $token,
             'signature' => $validSignature,
-        ])->assertStatus(401);
+        ]);
     }
+
 }