Protect Yourself with a Temporary Email Address

You are always being asked to submit an email address when you register or participate in for something online. I'm always a little concerned who's getting hold of my address even when a web site claims they will not redistribute your address.

You can get around this by using temporary, disposable email addresses which will allow you to get and respond to those confirmation emails before doing a Mission Impossible-like self-destruct.

jetable.org provides you with a temporary email address. As soon as it is created, all the emails sent to this address are forwarded to your actual email address. You specify the lifespan of this address from 1 hour to 1 month.

GuerillaMail provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 Minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within that time.

Any e-mails sent to 10 Minute Mail's temporary e-mail address will show up automatically on their web page. You can read them, click on links, and even reply to them. The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.

These are all free services. For a more extensive listing of temporary, disposable email addresses click here.