Comments on: Privacy Tip #2: Mailinator http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/ Longer than a blog; shorter than a book Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: hashbee http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-151826 hashbee Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:26:32 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-151826 <a href="http://pourri.fr/" rel="nofollow">pourri.fr</a> (don't get misleaded by the .fr, it's in english also) is also a Mailinator like service, its domain name may be less banned from websites. pourri.fr (don’t get misleaded by the .fr, it’s in english also) is also a Mailinator like service, its domain name may be less banned from websites.

]]> By: howie http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-72311 howie Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:57:56 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-72311 Paul Tyma's Mailinator service has been around for several years now and in that time I've come across many websites that block it, including some of my own. If it's blocked, then it can't be used, but I suspect that if the day ever comes when it's typically blocked then either Tyma or someone else will fill the void. Paul Tyma’s Mailinator service has been around for several years now and in that time I’ve come across many websites that block it, including some of my own. If it’s blocked, then it can’t be used, but I suspect that if the day ever comes when it’s typically blocked then either Tyma or someone else will fill the void.

]]> By: JP http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-25134 JP Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:34:27 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-25134 Mytrashmail.com provides a very similar service and is not associated with Mailinator. Mytrashmail.com provides a very similar service and is not associated with Mailinator.

]]> By: Elliotte Rusty Harold http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-23546 Elliotte Rusty Harold Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:03:51 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-23546 It's certainly possible a company could block Mailinator addresses for registration. In practice I've never encountered one that did this. Mailinator itself says: <blockquote>Every now and then you bump into a website that does not permit email addresses at mailinator.com (scoundrels!). Don't fret. There is more than one domain pointing to the mailinator system. If you send email to one of the listed alternate domains - it will come to mailinator.com just as if you sent it directly. For example, stinky@mailinator.com is EXACTLY the same as stinky@fakeinformation.com. Other alternate domains include sogetthis.com, mailinater.com, and fakeinformation.com</blockquote> If these got blocked too, they could always add another. It’s certainly possible a company could block Mailinator addresses for registration. In practice I’ve never encountered one that did this. Mailinator itself says:

Every now and then you bump into a website that does not permit email addresses at mailinator.com (scoundrels!). Don’t fret. There is more than one domain pointing to the mailinator system. If you send email to one of the listed alternate domains - it will come to mailinator.com just as if you sent it directly. For example, stinky@mailinator.com is EXACTLY the same as stinky@fakeinformation.com. Other alternate domains include sogetthis.com, mailinater.com, and fakeinformation.com

If these got blocked too, they could always add another.

]]> By: Wouter http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-23528 Wouter Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:51:05 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-23528 Hotmail is rejected too on some sites. For these cases the solution is just to pick an obscure free email account or forwarding service. A company would have to be pretty determined to block a substantial number of these services. At that point you know that they prioritize inconveniencing (savvy) customers over providing value, which means you no longer have to try their demo's to know the quality of their software. PS. A tip for the companies who do this: Make me trust you, if you want my real email-address. Hotmail is rejected too on some sites. For these cases the solution is just to pick an obscure free email account or forwarding service. A company would have to be pretty determined to block a substantial number of these services. At that point you know that they prioritize inconveniencing (savvy) customers over providing value, which means you no longer have to try their demo’s to know the quality of their software.

PS. A tip for the companies who do this: Make me trust you, if you want my real email-address.

]]> By: Dan http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-23405 Dan Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:34:12 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/privacy/privacy-tip-2-mailinator/#comment-23405 Any web-sites that require an email address can also start rejecting ones that have "mailinator.com" in them. Then what? Any web-sites that require an email address can also start rejecting ones that have “mailinator.com” in them.

Then what?

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