A great way to stop spam!

[Reenk Roink]

I've been using this little trick for months now, and it seems selfish not to share it with others and help out a bit.

You ever get fed up of websites that you only need once and they ask you to register with an email address and surely will send you spam for a lifetime?

Your problems are solved: Mailinator



It's a "personal disposible email account" perfect for those not-so trustworthy sites that ask for email.

It's quite easy to use, just read the FAQ.

By the way, as any good thing, this can be abused...so don't...

*Firefox also has a "temporaryinbox" extension available, but the name just sounds worse than Mailinator...

[AntiochusIII]

Darn it, man! You are a year late! My one and only and particularly crucial (long distance connections purpose -- it's hard to maintain contact with lifelong friends from another continent) E-Mail address has already been given to so many dangerous sites it's not even funny...

Ah well! Thanks for sharing, and I'll be sure to use it next time!

[Dutch_guy]

Hey that looks very good Reenk, I'll most certainly check it out !

[Rodion Romanovich]

I've been using this little trick for months now, and it seems selfish not to share it with others and help out a bit.

You ever get fed up of websites that you only need once and they ask you to register with an email address and surely will send you spam for a lifetime?

Your problems are solved: Mailinator



It's a "personal disposible email account" perfect for those not-so trustworthy sites that ask for email.

It's quite easy to use, just read the FAQ.

By the way, as any good thing, this can be abused...so don't...

*Firefox also has a "temporaryinbox" extension available, but the name just sounds worse than Mailinator...

nice, I'll at once create a chain letter so everyone can find out!

[Tricky Lady]

Also usefull, but it works a little differently: http://www.link2mail.net/

Unfortunately it seems to be in French (or Italian) only (the little English flag icon didn't work on my PC). But it works quite well: just enter your real e-mail, and it'll give you a new 'spam' account. In the right drop-down menu you can select how long you want the forward link to be active (going from 1 hour to 30 days). After that the link will be broken and the spam will no longer be forwarded to your real e-mail address.
I used it most of the times I needed to enter my e-mail. Unfortunately sometimes I forgot to generate the temp mailbox so I still receive quite some spam mails

[edyzmedieval]

I use the Yahoo mailbox. No need of this for the moment.