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Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:24 AM UTC

This is interesting; thanks for sharing.

It's only useful until websites start filtering out the receivee domain - that's been happening with a few disposable email addresses.

And the highlight on " We even automatically click on common activation links for you" was a bit confusing. I was expecting a link to a page about the pointlessness of Challenge Response.

And what I really dearly want is an anonymous way to send an email - I don't mind having to sign up; I don't mind having to pay; but I really want a method where sending an email to $Person means they have to work very hard to get my real identity. (This is for good, not bad, reasons. But I can see the potential for abuse.)

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by StavrosK » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:26 AM UTC

greenyoda wrote: post #19

StavrosK wrote: post #10

My favorite disposable email provider, by far, is 33mail.com, mainly because the addresses don't have to be disposable. You give a different email address to each service, and, if you get spam, you know the culprit and can block them right away. Brilliant.

You can do the same with http://spamgourmet.com .

Very nice! I need one that's also a Mozilla Persona provider, maybe I'll write my own one weekend...

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by StavrosK » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:27 AM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #21

This is interesting; thanks for sharing. It's only useful until websites start filtering out the receivee domain - that's been happening with a few disposable email addresses. And the highlight on " We even automatically click on common activation links for you" was a bit confusing. I was expecting a link to a page about the pointlessness of Challenge Response. And what I really dearly want is an anonymous way to sen…

Does Mixmeister work still?

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by artursapek » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:34 AM UTC

Isn't this a great tool for spammers? It even clicks activation links for you?

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by Illychnosis » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:35 AM UTC

This is a great idea:

"Your Private Inbox

Only you can access this inbox by returning to this web site using the same browser or by saving the link for this page. Others are not able to read your mail."

Props to the progger/designer.

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by baddox » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:38 AM UTC

jbellis wrote: post #8

http://mailinator.com/ has been around for a while, and allows you to pick your own inbox name, as well as many alternate domains.

Mailinator also has a neat one-way alias, so if you want to use MyName@mailinator.com you can have email sent to an alias mailinator generates like 321randomfoo@mailinator.com. That way, the people (spammers) that get the alias can't even check your inbox, which is still under MyName. http://mailinator.blogspot.com/2008/03/introducing-alternate...

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by gtklocker » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:42 AM UTC

Some services, like Facebook, normalize the mail address (turn all letters to lower case). Can you make sure that mails to the normalized email also reach my inbox? (They don't now!)

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by duskwuff » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:54 AM UTC

EwanG wrote: post #9

xoail wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I will add it to my filters and make sure users dont register through it. ;)

Why? It seems like you are escalating a war AGAINST your users. Most folks who use a disposable address are trying to make sure their main address doesn't become a fount of spam. If I continue to visit your site/service, then I will probably decide to "update" my address on my own for the convenience. Am I really being naive?

You are being naive -- it really depends on the service. For trivial online services, a disposable email might be fine, but for anything that costs money, you're doing your users a disservice by letting them register with an email address that they won't be checking (and which could potentially get hijacked, if someone knew the address).

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by Alex3917 » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:56 AM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #10

My favorite disposable email provider, by far, is 33mail.com, mainly because the addresses don't have to be disposable. You give a different email address to each service, and, if you get spam, you know the culprit and can block them right away. Brilliant.

You can also just add +domain to the local-part of your email address and do that without needing a disposable email service. Theoretically some sites may strip them out, but I doubt that many go to the trouble.

Re: Receiveee.com - disposable email address

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Post by bobcattr » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 3:00 AM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #29

StavrosK wrote: post #10

My favorite disposable email provider, by far, is 33mail.com, mainly because the addresses don't have to be disposable. You give a different email address to each service, and, if you get spam, you know the culprit and can block them right away. Brilliant.

You can also just add +domain to the local-part of your email address and do that without needing a disposable email service. Theoretically some sites may strip them out, but I doubt that many go to the trouble.

That only works with gmail.