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Re: Show HN: Maskmail – anonymous email address service

#41

Cool, another domain name to add to my list of disposable email services. Done.

But why?

not OP, but I imagine it might be one of: it's valuable (sellable) information, fraud is more likely to come from anonymous/disposable email address sign-ups for services, tracking is more valuable when tied to a (semi-) verified/verifiable identity, valid email addresses can be enriched via other sources of information people might have access to?

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A bit off topic but does anyone know of an email service that doesn't require a pre-existing email account, doesn't require ID, is TOR friendly and accepts cryptocurrency as payment? It seems like this should be an obvious service but I have a hard time finding one.

https://mailbox.org https://protonmail.ch

> https://protonmail.ch

No IMAP/POP3 on free account is such a turn off

Re: Show HN: Maskmail – anonymous email address service

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Great landingpage dude! Was building something like that a while ago for myself until I realized, I'd just use the email+something@gmail.com feature. But anyways, great idea! Wish you all the success or at least some decent side money.

this +something neither anoymizes your real address nor prevents it someone to spam your real address forever

Re: Show HN: Maskmail – anonymous email address service

#44

Cool, another domain name to add to my list of disposable email services. Done.

But why?

To thwart low-effort drive-by anonymous abuse.

(I also block TOR. Pure anonymity is not a service I choose to offer, because it is inevitably abused and I don’t have the time or resources to deal with it.)

Re: Show HN: Maskmail – anonymous email address service

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I don't understand one thing: the whole point of a disposable e-mail address it's that you just can use it instantly and never reveal your real e-mail addresses to anyone. That's why Mailinator got so popular. But in order to use Maskmail I have to register - what's the point? I was thinking I could give it a try because it's new so it will work for a while for sites that for some strange reason block disposable e-ma…

Note it says "anonymous", not "disposable". > the whole point of a disposable e-mail address it's that you just can use it instantly and never reveal your real e-mail addresses to anyone For you maybe. For others the point might be "never reveal my real e-mail address to the sites I give disposable addresses to, be able to keep receiving e-mails for some of them long-term and not having them publicly exposed to every…

Why not create a Gmail account for that purpose then? (Or Yahoo/Outlook if you're concerned with data collection.) The amount of hassle is the same. With Mailinator I just type khdgfkasjdhfg in the register field, then then type Ctrl+L "maili" [Enter], paste khdgfkasjdhfg in the (already active) "Check Any Inbox" field and bang! - I'm already there, always. Maybe there's something I don't see here.

Re: Show HN: Maskmail – anonymous email address service

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note it says "anonymous", not "disposable". > the whole point of a disposable e-mail address it's that you just can use it instantly and never reveal your real e-mail addresses to anyone For you maybe. For others the point might be "never reveal my real e-mail address to the sites I give disposable addresses to, be able to keep receiving e-mails for some of them long-term and not having them publicly exposed to every…

Why not create a Gmail account for that purpose then? (Or Yahoo/Outlook if you're concerned with data collection.) The amount of hassle is the same. With Mailinator I just type khdgfkasjdhfg in the register field, then then type Ctrl+L "maili" [Enter], paste khdgfkasjdhfg in the (already active) "Check Any Inbox" field and bang! - I'm already there, always. Maybe there's something I don't see here.

Creating a new gmail account isn't a one-click thing, adding a new address to Maskmail is, at least according to their website.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://mailbox.org https://protonmail.ch

> https://protonmail.ch No IMAP/POP3 on free account is such a turn off

I imagine they're worried about their service being used to send spam, which would trash their reputation as a sender.
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