Using Throw-away E-mail Addresses

Posted by Ken

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I’ve been using an online service for the past few weeks that allows me to generate an e-mail address on the fly. It’s called GishPuppy.

Let’s say you’re registering for a site or making a purchase and you really don’t want to get stuck on another e-mail list. Just right-click and “Gish It!” to create a new address that’s tailored to the site you’re visiting. Now all e-mails from that site will be sent to the address of your choosing.

When you create the address you have the option of adding a few notes to it in a special comment box. Maybe you want to remember what exactly the site does or what you did while you were there. You can also select whether you want the address to expire, and if so, for how long.

So if you only want to use an e-mail address temporarily, or if the site you registered with is not making good on their promise to not send you spam, you can cancel that particular address and bye-bye spam!

GishPuppy is a free service and can be used with Internet Explorer and Firefox once you install a small plug-in.