[GLLUG] Disposable E-mail Addresses

Matt Parrott parrott.matt at gmail.com
Fri Jan 4 23:03:17 EST 2013


Chick,

I've had success with using the catch-all feature of my consulting company
domain.

Every time I sign up for something automated, I sign up with
freeipods at swarmstrategies.com, or whatever, which forwards to my regular
gmail address. If I start receiving phishing and spam, I can know which
service abused my trust and I can set that address up to bounce.

That may be a bit convoluted for most, and it's only free because I'm
already hosting the domain. But it works well for me.

- Matt Parrott <http://www.swarmstrategies.com/matt> · (317) 324-8282 ·
Skype: matt.parrott


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using SpamGourmet (http://www.spamgourmet.com) for a few years
> now for disposable e-mail addresses, and I really like it.  It's flexible,
> easy to use, and free.  However, the last month or so the messages I've
> sent using disposable addresses to Craigslist for-sale ads haven't been
> delivered.  I tried another site, with the same result, so it looks like
> something Craigslist changed.  In the process of looking for another
> provider that would let me send anonymous e-mail messages, I found many
> providers that don't quite do what I need, but some that do.
>
> At last night's meeting, Ben mentioned that he uses some addresses as
> "throw-away" addresses, but they're permanent.  Since what he wants is
> disposable addresses, I thought there are probably others who could use
> them, so here are some sites I've found.
>
> If you don't know what a disposable e-mail address is, or why they are
> useful, see this article.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Disposable_email_address<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_email_address>
>
> Here is a page on the Open Directory Project that lists several, with
> brief descriptions.  To find out what each one actually does, and if it
> meets your needs, you'll have to visit the sites.
>
>  http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/**Internet/E-mail/Spam/**
>> Preventing/Temporary_**Addresses/<http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/E-mail/Spam/Preventing/Temporary_Addresses/>
>>
>
> This one looks pretty full-featured, but it's not free.
>
> http://www.spamex.com/
>
> You can find lots of other sites via your favorite search engine.  I was
> surprised at how many there are, and how many that look good in the results
> are no longer around.
> --
>
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