Disposable email accounts provide temporary email addresses to avoid spam when signing up for websites or newsletters. Many services are available online, with Mailinator being the first. Some forward messages to a primary email, while others delete them after a certain period. SpamGourmet hides the actual email address and forwards messages to the primary email.
A disposable email account is a service that allows Internet users to provide a temporary email address without displaying their real email addresses. This allows many people to avoid spam while still carrying out various online activities, such as signing up for websites, downloading files, or trying out a newsletter. There are a number of disposable and temporary email services available online, most of them free.
Almost anyone with an email account in today’s modern world has had to deal with some form of spam. Often, websites, forums, and newsletters require a user to sign up and verify her email address. These sites will then directly spam those users or sell email addresses to other sites that send annoying advertisements. Spam can get quite frustrating and bog down an email account. By using a disposable email address when registering for some websites and services, Internet users can avoid a large amount of spam in their mailboxes.
Most emails sent to a disposable email address are either forwarded to a user’s primary email or are deleted within a certain period of time. Some websites that offer this service don’t even require a person to register, while others may require a valid username, password, and primary email address. From the disposable mailbox, the mail recipient can then delete, forward or reply to the message.
Some disposable email accounts will automatically forward messages to the user’s primary email. To some people, this may seem pointless as spam and junk mail will keep coming to your primary email address. The main advantage of using a disposable email account to relay messages is that the temporary account can often be disabled or can be configured to allow only a limited number of messages to pass through.
Mailinator® is considered the first disposable email service and offers users the ability to create email addresses on the spot. You don’t need to sign up for Mailinator® because temporary email accounts are created as soon as mail is sent to that address. To use an address, an individual simply types any email as long as it ends with @mailinator.com.
To read messages, a person must visit the Mailinator® website and type in the address they used. Your inbox will appear and from there, messages can be forwarded, deleted, or replied to. While anyone who knows your email address can access your messages, all messages are deleted within hours.
SpamGourmet is a throwaway email service that works a little differently. This site is often used to receive mail in a real email account, but it hides the actual address. SpamGourmet requires users to register with a username, password, and valid email address. A number of messages that are sent to user-created temporary email addresses are forwarded to the primary email.
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