Are you worried about scam? You can now do something about it Thread poster: Narasimhan Raghavan
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Get enough SPAM lately? Have you ever gone to a website that asks for your email address for no reason (other than they are going to sell it to the highest bidder so you get spam forever)?
Welcome to Mailinator(tm) - Its no signup, instant anti-spam service. Here is how it works: You are on the web, at a party, or talking to your favorite insurance salesman. Wherever you are, someone (or some webpage) asks for your email. You know if you give it, you're gambling with your privacy. O... See more Get enough SPAM lately? Have you ever gone to a website that asks for your email address for no reason (other than they are going to sell it to the highest bidder so you get spam forever)?
Welcome to Mailinator(tm) - Its no signup, instant anti-spam service. Here is how it works: You are on the web, at a party, or talking to your favorite insurance salesman. Wherever you are, someone (or some webpage) asks for your email. You know if you give it, you're gambling with your privacy. On the other hand, you do want at least one message from that person. The answer is to give them a mailinator address. You don't need to sign-up. You just make it up on the spot. Pick [email protected] or [email protected] - pick anything you want (up to 15 characters before the @ sign).
Later, come to this site and check that account. Its that easy. Mailinator accounts are created when mail arrives for them. No signup, no personal information, and when you're done - you can walk away - an instant solution to one way spammers get your address. Its an anti-spam solution for everyone. The messages are automatically deleted for you after a few hours.
Let'em spam.
Regards,
N. Raghavan
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| | | | | Too complicated | Mar 31, 2005 |
Narasimhan Raghavan wrote:
...Wherever you are, someone (or some webpage) asks for your email. You know if you give it, you're gambling with your privacy....
Why only one address?
I have over 20, or more. For each matter I do, I use one or other, if I feel one of then start to receive more spam as usual..., well, I delete it, is all.
My providers (3) have good working filters too.
Rgds
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Narasimhan Raghavan wrote: Get enough SPAM lately? Have you ever gone to a website that asks for your email address for no reason (other than they are going to sell it to the highest bidder so you get spam forever)? Welcome to Mailinator(tm) - Its no signup, instant anti-spam service. Here is how it works: You are on the web, at a party, or talking to your favorite insurance salesman. Wherever you are, someone (or some webpage) asks for your email. You know if you give it, you're gambling with your privacy. On the other hand, you do want at least one message from that person. The answer is to give them a mailinator address. You don't need to sign-up. You just make it up on the spot. Pick [email protected] or [email protected] - pick anything you want (up to 15 characters before the @ sign). Later, come to this site and check that account. Its that easy. Mailinator accounts are created when mail arrives for them. No signup, no personal information, and when you're done - you can walk away - an instant solution to one way spammers get your address. Its an anti-spam solution for everyone. The messages are automatically deleted for you after a few hours. Let'em spam. Regards, N. Raghavan See: http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/Welcome.do
This is very nice of you. I am sure there are more people than me who appreciate your posting. I would of never thought of this.
Thank you and all the best to you! (-;
Andrea
[Edited at 2005-03-31 13:38]
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| BT Yahoo Broadband's Address Guard | Mar 31, 2005 |
This is a similar service. You may be interested if you want to change your ISP.
As Fernando says, it's better if you can choose as many addresses as you want. I've just created this one: [email protected] only for this particular forum and I won't display it anywhere else. If you write to me on that address, your message will be delivered to my normal inbox, and I'll be able to reply and choose if I... See more This is a similar service. You may be interested if you want to change your ISP.
As Fernando says, it's better if you can choose as many addresses as you want. I've just created this one: [email protected] only for this particular forum and I won't display it anywhere else. If you write to me on that address, your message will be delivered to my normal inbox, and I'll be able to reply and choose if I want my real address to be shown. I'll know what the address you wrote was. So if I use a different one for each website I log in, I'll know where the spam comes from. Then I'll be able to delete the address that's upsetting me and any messages sent to it will bounce back.
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| That's handy | Mar 31, 2005 |
Thanks, Narasimhan!
I just tested it and it worked.
I used to create hotmail accounts for these purposes, but to do so I had to click through a lot of advertising crap.
Mailinator works indeed instantly - without opening an account
| | | | | That's great! | Apr 1, 2005 |
A very neat idea.
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