disposable email addresses

busterb · 10-12-2006, 04:49 PM

Are these still around or did homeland kill them?

JayMcGee · 10-12-2006, 06:47 PM

thats taulalogical - if homeland killed them, they were disposable.....

(apart from the ones that were collaterally damaged, of course....... and that's excepting the ones disposed of by friendly fire...)

busterb · 10-12-2006, 07:56 PM

Thanks, but I really didn't need any Disambiguation

SteveDallas · 10-12-2006, 07:59 PM

What are you trying to accomplish? For example, if you own your own domain, it's pretty easy to create anyemail@yourdomain.com and then delete it when you want. That's fine for having something unmportant you can give to people you think might spam you, but it's still traceable back to you.

Clodfobble · 10-12-2006, 09:16 PM

Is there a reason you don't want to just create a random new account with yahoo or hotmail or some site like that?

busterb · 10-13-2006, 09:38 AM

I'm thinking about passing along a little info. Most is a matter of record, but not well known. I live in a small town and would rather my name stayed out of it.

Undertoad · 10-13-2006, 09:53 AM

If you create a web mail account at Gmail or Yahoo!, nobody will be able to track it back to you.

busterb · 10-13-2006, 11:13 AM

Thanks UT, U da man once again

SteveDallas · 10-13-2006, 11:13 AM

It sounds like you don't care if they can write back to you. In that case I would say Mixmaster is your friend if you are ultra-paranoid. It can be complicated, though.

What UT says is right to a great extent. However, somebody armed with a subpoena would probably be able to get Google or Yahoo to cough up the IP address used to send the email and your ISP to tell them that you were using that address at that time. How likely this scenario is, is something you have to judge based on the nature of your information and the people who will not like it being released.

A wireless connection at a public space that doesn't require a login is probably OK to use for signing up w/ google/yahoo and sending your email--just make sure you don't turn around and log in to that account from home.

This line of thinking represents extreme paranoia, which is sometimes justified. If your opponents are not rich and well-lawyered, then less extreme measures are probably adequate. (Probably. How probable? It's a judgement call.)

Whatever you do don't send from work!! There's an excellent chance enough address info will be included in it to let them figure out that it came from your employer. It's one thing that they can tell a Verizon DSL customer sent it... quite another if they know it was somebody from Amalgamated Widgets, Inc.

busterb · 10-13-2006, 11:17 AM

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However, somebody armed with a subpoena would probably be able to get Google or Yahoo to cough up the IP address used to send the email and your ISP to tell them that you were using that address at that time.

Don't think this info is that top heavy. Thanks Steve

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2006, 07:49 PM

Did you ever wonder why SteveDallas is up on all this devious stuff?

SteveDallas · 10-17-2006, 08:30 PM

Let's just say that tracking down a couple on-campus incidents for a past employer gave me a great appreciation for how much information about yourself you can leave behind. (I also got a great appreciation for how much trouble college students can get into with an in-room internet connection and lots of alcohol.)

Phase · 10-21-2006, 07:27 AM

dodgeit.com
tempinbox.com

Both are incoming-only e-mail.

10-12-2006, 04:49 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	disposable email addresses Are these still around or did homeland kill them? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-12-2006, 06:47 PM	#2
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	thats taulalogical - if homeland killed them, they were disposable..... (apart from the ones that were collaterally damaged, of course....... and that's excepting the ones disposed of by friendly fire...) __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

10-12-2006, 07:56 PM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Thanks, but I really didn't need any Disambiguation __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-13-2006, 09:38 AM	#6
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I'm thinking about passing along a little info. Most is a matter of record, but not well known. I live in a small town and would rather my name stayed out of it. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-13-2006, 11:13 AM	#8
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Thanks UT, U da man once again __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-12-2006, 07:59 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	What are you trying to accomplish? For example, if you own your own domain, it's pretty easy to create anyemail@yourdomain.com and then delete it when you want. That's fine for having something unmportant you can give to people you think might spam you, but it's still traceable back to you.

10-12-2006, 09:16 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Is there a reason you don't want to just create a random new account with yahoo or hotmail or some site like that?

10-13-2006, 09:53 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you create a web mail account at Gmail or Yahoo!, nobody will be able to track it back to you.

10-17-2006, 07:49 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Did you ever wonder why SteveDallas is up on all this devious stuff? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-17-2006, 08:30 PM	#12
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Let's just say that tracking down a couple on-campus incidents for a past employer gave me a great appreciation for how much information about yourself you can leave behind. (I also got a great appreciation for how much trouble college students can get into with an in-room internet connection and lots of alcohol.)

10-21-2006, 07:27 AM	#13
Phase Resident Denizen Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 63	dodgeit.com tempinbox.com Both are incoming-only e-mail. __________________ To obtain peace and quiet get a Phoneless Cord.

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