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Open-source disposable email service

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Re: Open-source disposable email service

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Nice.

I wonder; if you used this with a "one-payment-only" disposable card, to buy stuff without being harassed by subsequent "newsletters" ... is there a way this could backfire spectacularly by virtue of it being a public address?

I'm assuming the answer is probably yes, but I can't think of an obvious reason why.

EDIT: Hm, on second thought, I guess at a minimum you'd have to give a valid address to buy stuff. Unless it's one of those "give us your email to register" at a physical point of sale. Or unless you have things delivered to a local shop you trust or something. dunno.

Re: Open-source disposable email service

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>"All inboxes are public." What does that mean exactly? Hopefully not that everybody else can look at my "throwaway" inbox.

>>"All inboxes are public."

>What does that mean exactly? Hopefully not that everybody else can look at my "throwaway" inbox.

It means exactly that. This is in the spirit of the old free version of Mailinator. Use a randomly generated string as the local part of the address to prevent others from guessing and looking that that inbox.

Re: Open-source disposable email service

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Websites like this always seem to shutdown. Now I can’t access any accounts I created with them (since I can’t password recovery or change the email).

I’ve been a happy customer of https://33mail.com/ for years. It’s a different style of offering with a similar purpose and apparently a sustainable business model.
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