Sometimes you have to enter your email address on sites that don’t seem trustworthy. For example, you have to provide an email address for free web access in cafés, buses, and railway stations. If you don’t want to provide your email address and risk getting a lot of spam, you can use a temporary email service.
These temporary addresses only work for about 10 minutes, so you can use it on sites where you have to register. During the 10 minutes that the address is active, you have time to get the code you need and then the address stops working.
That said, we’d recommend changing your password on the web page that you used a temporary address on, as we’re not sure what these services do with the information that passes through them.
Here are four popular temporary email services:
Foundry
- 10minutemail: This service offers an email address that expires after 10 minutes. You get an inbox and have time to receive a verification code.
- Mailpoof: This service allows you to create random addresses or choose the first part yourself. Received emails disappear after 24 hours.
- Emailondeck: This service provides an e-mail address for you. It works as long as you have the window open.
- 10minemail: As the name suggests, you have 10 minutes to receive a reply message. You can also extend the time if need be.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.
Author: Martin Appel, Contributor, PCWorld
Martin is our sister site PC for Alla's consumer editor where he, among other things, guides you as a reader to what you need to be aware of when buying products and services. He writes engaging columns and tips on smart apps and programs, and sometimes he also tests hardware and software for PC för Alla.