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15 Jan 2023, 07:23 AM | #1 |
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Any preference for stable, free, no-cell email?
I often create a new email account when I'm signing up on a new forum. That way, if something goes wrong, it doesn't matter if I have to abandon that dedicated email.
But I'm unlikely to use it much. So I'm thinking about providers who: 1. Don't require a cell-phone verification. 2. Don't require a different email to sign up with. 3. Are free. 4. Seem to be stable and sticking around, not fly-by-night. 5. Have no issue with inactivity. I experimented with Cyberfear, but I don't know if they're good for the long haul, and I dn't like the name. |
15 Jan 2023, 09:27 AM | #2 | |
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17 Jan 2023, 05:37 AM | #3 |
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Thanks - but would it kill you to provide some information on the webpage?
It looks like people see nothing of the email, nor can check nothing about the terms, or your origins, until after you get us to sign up. |
17 Jan 2023, 11:33 PM | #4 |
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I use DuckDuckGo's anonymous email addresses that don't include tracking and so far they work perfectly. Free too. For most things I use my main DDG address, but for some signups I create a unique one to further limit any damage if for some reason the address gets used in a way I don't like. OTOH I've been using the same Gmail address for about 17 years and I almost never see spam or phishing stuff in my inbox, and my address does appear if I search on https://haveibeenpwned.com/
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18 Jan 2023, 07:34 PM | #5 |
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I use spamgourmet in lots of places that require an email address but don't require setting an account, or when I'm required to set up an account that I don't expect to use in the future, or expect to use so rarely that it's easier to setip a new account each time.
It doesn't conform to requirement #2 ("don't require different email address) as it is a forwarding service, but then I practically never have to login to spamgourmet, I get all my email in one place (though I filter the forwarded mail to a separate folder), and it's been around more than 20 years and as far as I know has no issue with inactivity (that is you sign up once and keep the account forever, whatever that means, without having to login. I use it for payments to utilities that don't require an acount (for each payment I use a new alias that contains the date and some details about the payment). I use it on talkback forms that want an email address (again each post with a new address that records the date and the website where it was used). It has another advantage that if the address is spammed it stops accepting mail after a while, so getting spam usually doesn't require any action: you just know it will stop by itself. |
18 Jan 2023, 10:14 PM | #6 | |
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19 Jan 2023, 11:09 AM | #7 | |
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https://openmbox.net/apps/genpwd.cgi Thanks. |
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20 Jan 2023, 08:50 AM | #8 | |
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20 Jan 2023, 08:52 AM | #9 | |
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This would be an account I probably would rarely use, but would have to keep. For instance, to get a Hotmail account now, you need a different existing email account. But it's not a one-time thing, because Hotmail will pester you periodically and force you to verify it again. |
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20 Jan 2023, 08:56 AM | #10 |
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20 Jan 2023, 09:05 AM | #11 |
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Oh. Like a forwarding email. I'm not sure what the point is. Some colleges do that, which I imagine is for people who like to implicitly brag about what college they went to. But I'm not sure what the point would be for DDG.
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20 Jan 2023, 09:08 AM | #12 |
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DDG email addresses forward to your chosen destination, but you can also reply and it comes from the DDG address. You set up a main address, but you can also instantly create new random addresses on the fly.
https://duckduckgo.com/email/faq |
23 Jan 2023, 02:53 AM | #13 | |
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24 Jan 2023, 10:39 AM | #14 |
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Maybe I'm missing something, but as far as I can tell, nothing in my post was asking about blocking anything.
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27 Jan 2023, 12:30 AM | #15 | |
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So far I've not come across a service that ticks all 5 boxes. "Inactivity" and "free" are a rare combination. If you mainly use the new mailbox for the cause of signing up for forums, or for any non-business purpose for that matter, I don't see Cyberfear as a problematic domain. Their chances of survival on the long haul is what would turn me off using a service that has only been created recently. |
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