If there are websites out there which require you to give your e-mail address, but you feel they might be a bit iffy and cause a deluge of spam, i.e. competition sites, joke sites etc., – or if, for any reason, you are reluctant to reveal your real e-mail address to an unknown person or organization, the answer is to register with a site which gives you a free ”temporary” e-mail address.
Any replies to that address, spam etc. then go to that “temporary”address and not your real one. After a few days, the replies are removed automatically by the server.
You just go to the site and register a bizarre username which is unlikely to be duplicated such as iloveyorkiebars and you then become iloveyorkiebars@mytrashmail.com
You remain anonymous and are only known by your chosen username, and any incoming replies to your “temporary” address are stored for up to 5 days before being deleted by the server.
You then give this as your e-mail address to sites you are not too sure about, and can pick up any replies within 5 days by logging in to mytrashmail.com whenever you want to access them.
You can test your fake address by e-mailing it from your real address and checking the mail on the site. I’ve used this site a few times now, haven’t found any snags so far, and it gives me a bit more peace of mind.
Comments (1)
What a great idea.
Thanks for your good wishes.