Keep your e-mail private when filling out forms

When we're asked to put in our e-mail address when filling out an online form, we all feel that trepidation - "Should I use my work or personal e-mail?" "Will I get spam if I do?"


Mailinator (http://www.mailinator.com) allows you to provide a "fake" e-mail address where you can still get your message. For example, sometimes when we want to access a web site to get information or download a file, we're asked for our e-mail address where they can send the instructions to. The site now has your information and can easily start sending you their special offers (spam). Mailinator automatically creates read-only public e-mail accounts that you can use instead of your own e-mail address. The accounts are public and require now login, which means anyone can use the account. After 24 hours, the accounts are flushed out.

What's really nice is you can subscribe to an RSS feed to be notified when something comes in.