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.
Catalog Choice is a free service to reduce mailbox clutter by removing you from the mailing lists of distributors of unwanted catalogs and advertising materials. And, it's good for the environment, too. Each year, 53 billion trees are used to produce the 19 billion catalogs that mailed in this country.
