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SpamMotel - Disposable Email Address Service

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SpamMotel - Disposable Email Address Service

SpamMotel - Disposable Email Address Service

Heinz Tschabitscher

The Bottom Line

SpamMotel is a simple and easy to use disposable email address service with all the essential functionality, but no advanced features.

Pros

  • SpamMotel is fairly easy to use
  • Reply address masking
  • Black and white lists per disposable address

Cons

  • SpamMotel doesn't support auto-expiring
  • Only random addresses
  • Huge headers and footers in forwarded messages

Description

  • SpamMotel provides unlimited disposable email addresses.
  • Random disposable email addresses are be created via the Web or a small Windows application.
  • Until disabled or deleted, the disposable addresses forward to your real address.
  • SpamMotel can give forwarded messages a Subject prefix.
  • A header in the message body identifies the disposable address in use.
  • Each disposable address can have its own list of allowed or disallowed senders.
  • SpamMotel supports reply address masking.
  • The SpamMotel application supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP, but is not required to use SpamMotel.

Guide Review - SpamMotel - Disposable Email Address Service

SpamMotel is a simple disposable email address service.

SpamMotel lacks the advanced features of similar services, but SpamMotel is easy to use, and all the essential functionality is there: random disposable email addresses can be created via a small Windows app or a Web interface, and they can be disabled easily as soon as spam arrives.

Alternatively, black and white lists can be set up per address. Replies to forwarded messages are protected by SpamMotel through reply address masking.

Unfortunately, SpamMotel disposable email addresses cannot expire automatically, address can't be chosen freely, and SpamMotel inserts long headers and footers in forwarded emails.

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