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Top 9 Disposable Email Address Services

From Heinz Tschabitscher,
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If you give Web sites and new contacts a disposable email address instead of your real one, you can selectively disable a disposable address as soon as you get spam through it, but continue using all other aliases. Disposable email address services provide this basic functionality, but some have other neat features that make life with email less spam and more fun.

1. ZoEmail - Disposable Email Address Service

ZoEmail restores email as it must have been before spam. Easily accessible via the web and POP, ZoEmail lacks IMAP access, however, and could offer more online storage. The spam-free existence of ZoEmail also comes at the price of a bit of management.

2. Emailias - Disposable Email Address Service

Create disposable email addresses for use on the Web with Emailias, a flexible and feature-packed disposable email address service, and reduce the amount of spam you get.

3. Spamex - Disposable Email Address Service

Spamex - Disposable Email Address Service
Heinz Tschabitscher
Spamex provides a solid, useful, and almost feature-complete disposable email address service.

4. Spamgourmet - Disposable Email Address Service

Spamgourmet - Disposable Email Address Service
Heinz Tschabitscher
Before you choke on all that spam, try the feature-rich and flexible disposable email addresses from Spamgourmet for protection.

5. 2 Prong - Disposable Email Address Service

2 Prong - Disposable Email Address Service
Heinz Tschabitscher
2 Prong offers email addresses for one-time use in a very easy and smart manner. By switching to a new domain name frequently, 2 Prong avoids being blocked, and mail can be picked up without manual checking. Of course, 2 Prong is no disposable email address service for longer email relationships. It is also a pity that one cannot reply to mail from 2 Prong.

6. E4ward.com - Disposable Email Address Service

E4ward.com - Disposable Email Address Service
Heinz Tschabitscher
E4ward.com is a down-to-earth and very useful disposable email service that makes it easy to prevent spam to your real email address with easily erasable aliases. You can use your own domain with E4ward.com, but address masking in your replies is a bit cumbersome and auto-expiring aliases are not offered.

7. GishPuppy - Disposable Email Address Service

GishPuppy - Disposable Email Service
Heinz Tschabitscher
GishPuppy is a disposable email address service that shines with simplicity and functionality. Unfortunately, GishPuppy's functionality does not encompass replacing your real email address with the appropriate alias in replies.

8. Mailinator - Disposable Email Address Service

Mailinator - Disposable Email Address Service
Heinz Tschabitscher
Mailinator lets you use any email address @mailinator.com and pick up the mail at their site. Since there's no connection to your real address, you sure won't get spam from using Mailinator addresses. Keep in mind that all mail sent to Mailinator is made public.

9. Yahoo! Mail Classic - Disposable Email Address Service

Yahoo! Mail - Free Email Service
Heinz Tschabitscher
Yahoo! Mail Classic is a comfortable, reliable and secure email service with unlimited storage. A pretty good spam filter (including disposable email addresses) keeps the junk out.
Note that disposable addresses are deleted when you cancel your Yahoo! Mail Plus account.
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