The Bottom Line
- MailEater is really uncomplicated to use
- Messages sent to any MailEater address are automatically deleted after four hours
- MailEater does not allow you to write replies to messages received
- You cannot protect the mail you get at MailEater with a password, anybody can see it
- MailEater cannot store or export mail
Description
- MailEater is a simple disposable email address service.
- You can use any @maileater.com address whenever you need an email address.
- At MailEater, typing the address again will take you to the mailbox (no password needed).
- Any mail received at MailEater will be kept for four hours; you cannot influence that rule.
Guide Review - MailEater - Disposable Email Address Service
To sign up for something you do not fully trust but want to try (perhaps exactly for that reason), getting a password, registration code or URL by email is often necessary, so example@example.com is as much out of the question as is handing in your major email address.
MailEater provides a somewhat middle path by accepting messages at any @maileater.com address but deleting them again after four hours, automatically and without mercy. If the service you try to sign up for is slow to respond, this can be a problem, but usually using a MailEater address and then heading for the site to check the registration email works nicely.
It's a pity you cannot manually delete emails received at MailEater. Since MailEater "accounts" are not protected with a password — typing the address is enough to open a mailbox —, it is best to make up something random, which both spammers and other users will not guess. A random account name generator at the MailEater home page would be nice.
If you find the service you singed up for through MailEater is trustworthy, they will hopefully allow you to change your email address since draconian MailEater is really not suited for use with correspondents you regularly exchange mail with.
