Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Use a Throw Away Email Address

   On occasion people ask me to set up untraceable email accounts for them.  Other people I know hate giving away their email address to sites that require it for registration or for info purposes.  Almost every Web site requires some form of identity registration to access certain functions or information.  Unfortunately many of these sites also “sell” your email to companies which then spam you.

 

Sure you could make as many free webmail accounts as you want. Google, Yahoo, Live mail, ect. offer as many free email address as you care to register for.  However, I realize some people do not want to do that either.

The other option is 10 minute email! 10 Minute mail

This is a free service.  They ask for PayPal donation if you use it regularly which is acceptable- but not mandatory.

They create a random email the is good to use for 10 minutes by default.  You can option to increase the usable time limit. It shows a inbox right on the page so if a sites needs email verification you can view that email.  Also you can copy the 10 minute email can paste it in a text file for safe keeping if you need to.  After 10 minutes it self destructs and is no longer valid.  Perfect for registering onto a forum you need info from for a specific problem but do not plan to ever visit again.  Sometimes to download free software or updates, sites require personal info. This would be good for that as well.

 

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