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Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Post by deadalus »

pandemicsoul wrote: post #4

The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…

https://boun.cr/ has been active for years and I use it regularly on shady sites.

Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Post by amelius »

deadalus wrote: post #11
pandemicsoul wrote: post #4

The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…

https://boun.cr/ has been active for years and I use it regularly on shady sites.

Do you have something similar for telephone numbers? (Often required to receive verification codes in text messages).

Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Post by GekkePrutser »

pandemicsoul wrote: post #4

The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…

It's good too that they tend to change because they'll soon get blocked for signups.

Like bugmenot accounts that only last a day or so.

Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Post by ruffrey »

pandemicsoul wrote: post #4

The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…

Mailsac had been around for 10 years.

Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Post by zozbot234 »

GekkePrutser wrote: post #13
pandemicsoul wrote: post #4

The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…

It's good too that they tend to change because they'll soon get blocked for signups. Like bugmenot accounts that only last a day or so.

Services tend to be blocked when they get abused by spammers. So if you want something like this to last, it would make sense to heavily leverage either plain old CAPTCHA's or the newer privacy-preserving "proofs of human presence".

Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Post by zinxq »

pandemicsoul wrote: post #4

The biggest problem with these services is they never last. It's easy to set up something like this, but there are so many of these services and so few non-technical people understand the need/purpose of them, they don't get the traction required to be viable and disappear, thus perpetuating a vicious cycle for the overall "disposable email" sector as folks realize that you can't trust any of these services to stick…

To be fair, Mailinator https://www.mailinator.com has been around since it's inception in 2003. It offers other services now, but the "disposable email" part is still there as it was from the start.

Re: Show HN: MiniMail – Disposable Email Service for Everyone

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Post by ivberrOg »

fffrantz wrote: post #18
SpikeDad wrote: post #2

Just to remind folks Apple provides this service for all iOS devices automatically.

Duckduckgo [0] as well. [0] https://duckduckgo.com/email/

that leads to a prompt to install a browser addon (for me).. this might be helpful https://duckduckgo.com/email/faq
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