Sunday, June 17, 2012

Use a Temporary Email Account with Auto-Forwarding : MeltMail


A temporary email address is basically a "fake" email address. It allows you to sign up for things, such as websites and software downloads, without running the risk of getting on a spammer's email list. How does it work? There are many different temporary email services you can use, but in this article - for clarity's sake - I'll focus on just one: Melt Mail.
Melt Mail works by creating a temporary email address for you that is linked to your real address. This is necessary in many cases, because simply providing a website or software developer a completely fake email address doesn't always work, since those sites need to send you a link to their service. Melt Mail, on the other hand, links your new, temporary email address with your real one. It then forwards all messages sent to your temporary address to your real address.
How does this save me from getting spam? Won't Melt Mail (or other services) simply pass that spam along to my real address?
Yes, they will. But with Melt Mail, you control how long the messages are forwarded. As you're creating your temporary email address, you choose how long it remains active. You can choose from a 3 hour, 6 hour, 12 hour or 24 hour temporary email address. After that time... poof... it's gone. And after it's gone, nothing more will ever be forwarded to your real email account. This way, you get what you wanted - registration information, download links, etc... - But after a time limit you control, you'll never hear from them again. They might try and send you spam, but since the temporary email address is gone, you won't see it, and it will simply bounce back to them. Easy!



Creating a temporary email address with Melt Mail is simple as well. Just go to the Melt Mail home page and type your real email address into the entry field, and click how long you'd like your temporary email to last. Then click the Create button. A new page will load, showing you your new email address (in my case: cGqU72uAcd65@meltmail.com), and that's it! 
(Some services don't allow using MeltMail addresses to sign up or register to their service. Facebook as an example blocked MeltMail addresses, so you can't sign up with them. The main reason is, that most of these services are interested in your real eMail address, because they are interested in sending you mail etc.)
Website Link : https://meltmail.com/

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