May 24, 2009

Disposable eMail Address Services

Disposable email services have always fascinated me. I've really liked the idea of the anonymity and "secret agent" kind of feeling, but I've never used them.

Most disposable email services work in a similar way, they provide you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 Minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame.

If you need to extend the time frame you are able to do so. Here are a few disposable temporary e mail services to try out.

Guerrilla Mail

Ten Minute Mail

Avoiding Spam

About.com says it is all about avoiding spam. "If you give Web sites and new contacts a disposable email address instead of your real one, you can selectively disable a disposable address as soon as you get spam through it, but continue using all other aliases," and give us Top 8 Disposable Email Address services.