Disposable Emails

[easysurfer]

I used my first disposable email today. Had a burning desire to make a comment (which asked for my email before I could comment) on a TV show I watched but didn't want to provide my real email. So I went the disposable route .

Looks like there are plenty of disposable email site out there.

 

[RunningBum]

I have an address I use for sites like that. I go in there every once in awhile to clear up emails and make sure nothing real somehow came in. Apparently my alter ego at that address has a serious desire for porn, which is odd considering the erectile problems.

 

[Onward]

I've used dispostable, trashmail, and some others. A lot of sites are getting wise now and disallowing email addresses from these disposable-email providers.

 

[kaneohe]

Does it have to be a real e-mail address? I think I've made up stuff and been able to proceed on some sites.

 

[AbbA]

Can somebody elaborate more how these disposable emails work? Or is it a fake email without creating one?

 

[easysurfer]

Can somebody elaborate more how these disposable emails work? Or is it a fake email without creating one?

Only have used a disposable email for the first time today.

I'll take a stab at an explanation. Disposable emails come are called various names. Trash emails, 10 minute emails, fake emails. Mainly, they are temporary emails not intended for long term use. Instead use once or just a few times.

A comparison that comes to mind is like at the deli at a grocery store and picking a number. Only used briefly, then tossed away. There are plenty of disposable email sites that create working emails.

A big use is when going to site that require an email to proceed. In my use today, I wanted to make a comment on a page of a tv show that I watched but that needed an email to allow me to enter a comment. Rather than giving my real email and getting spammed, I instead gave a disposable one.

 

[CaliKid]

Why not just get a Yahoo, a Gmail, or a whatever and not put your real name on it!?

 

[target2019]

Why not just get a Yahoo, a Gmail, or a whatever and not put your real name on it!?

That's what some do. It's what I do, but see that a disposable email might be useful every once in a while. Your IP address is still there (available to some behind the scenes) when you use the disposable email. In a strict sense "they" can still find you.

 

[Bestwifeever]

My neighbors watch another country’s tv station by re-registering every day for a free one-day trial with a different disposable and a different VPN (their son is in IT), saving the pennies a day it would cost to actually subscribe. They’ve done this for years.

 

[Sunset]

That's what some do. It's what I do, but see that a disposable email might be useful every once in a while. Your IP address is still there (available to some behind the scenes) when you use the disposable email. In a strict sense "they" can still find you.

You can use a VPN to hide your IP, encrypt your transmission and even looking like you are in another country.

I use one when traveling for getting my email or paying bills.

 

[W2R]

I used my first disposable email today. Had a burning desire to make a comment (which asked for my email before I could comment) on a TV show I watched but didn't want to provide my real email. So I went the disposable route .

Looks like there are plenty of disposable email site out there.

It's amazing how my attitude towards this sort of thing has changed, now that I am over 70.

I don't use throw-away emails any more, even for extremist political comments online. I do have some very "out there" political viewpoints which I do not express here. When making such comments on other sites, I try to be as sweet, polite, and non-nasty as I can muster, while saying what I think (within site rules of whatever site I am posting on).

What are they going to do, say, "Agh! This kindly, white haired 71-year-old retired lady who is half crippled with a bum knee has revealed that while she wishes no harm to anyone, and wouldn't kill a fly, she secretly has EXTREMIST (right wing? left wing?) political thoughts! We can't have that!!! Get the torches and pitchforks, let's burn down her house!"

There are lots better targets out there than me. In old age I have become irrelevant and there is safety in irrelevance.

As for spam, I get about 50 spams/day but my email provider makes deleting them so easy that spams don't bother me any more.

 

[Lawrencewendall]

I use the free spamgourmet.com service. Basically, you create an account and it will forward it to your regular account. You can set it up to limit how many emails you want to receive before you never see another from that email address. emails consist of 3 parts (readily recognizable name so you remember where you gave it). (how many emails you will accept, number or corresponding letter, D=4, T=20). (user name) As an example, if I want to create a throw away for Sears it would look like sears.d.(username)@xoxy.net. There are 7 different domains you can chose after the @ symbol. I signed up for some promotional with Burger King to only get 5 emails. As of today, I saw the first 5 and an additional 19,112 emails they sent that I never saw. They went int the spam bucket. You can also tell it that the sender is now a trusted, valid sender and never trash them. You can create disposable emails on the fly as long as you remember your user name and domain (xoxy.net is one example) This service sure saved me a lot of spam.

 

[drb391]

I have a service provider acct, gmail, and Yahoo. used the serv/pro one for yrs as main acct. it's since gotten out there to the spam world and get a bunch, but control most of that w/T-bird. over the yrs have added the other 2. use one for places I don't really care for them to contact me - ie. junk. and the other is slowly becoming my second go-to.

when asked for my email addy, have to stop for moment and think which one I want to give - which level of intimacy do I want to give lol

 

[target2019]

If you manage a domain, another possibility is to create an email forwarder. Then when you know longer need it, just delete.

 

[AbbA]

Thank you for explaining. This is all over my head I have a 'junk email' box. I use it when I wish to subscribe to something. Those unsubscribe links hardly work these days, I suspect. I tried to unsubscribe to BusinessWeek and MarketWatch emails but they continue coming. It's too much work for me to use another service to create fake email but OTOH I hardly ever comment on any blogs or articles. I hope forums do not disappear in my life time. I like them the best and if I get tired of them I can always take a break from them