Ever noticed how some sites require registration to view content or download files? With the ever increasing blight of spam and phishing scams online, handing out your email address is becoming an ever increasing risk. This is where the usefulness of a temporary email service come in hand, as it assigns you a ‘disposable’ email address to use on the internet, where your address may get sold or abused by spammers. There are several temporary email services online, however we have decided to comb through the masses and shortlist a few promising solutions.

Mailinator: requires no sign up which is a plus in convenience, however since there are no account services one should be careful with what this temporary address is used for as it could get your online accounts hijacked. Mailinator does provide an alternate address that is not shown publicly to protect prying eyes from from your real address. mailinator.com

Trashmail.net: Is a temporary email service that forwards incoming mail, that was sent to your temporary address, to your real email address. Therefore keeping your real address private and safe from the spamming lists. Trashmail.net might not have the most aesthetic interface, however it is quite feature packed as it offers a Firefox addon to make the service that much easier and quicker to use. The service allows you to choose the amount of recieved email of your temporary address before it expires, along with a host of other options. trashmail.net

Mailexpire: probably the most popular of the three, allows you to specify the time of expiry as apposed to the amount of messages of the temporary address. mailexpire.com

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