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 Email Mailinator.com - give everyone your email address
Here's a email service that's really handy when you need it. Need to give someone an email address and you don't really trust them? Make one up and add "@mailinator.com to the end. Go to mailinator.com and pick up your mail. It will automatically be deleted in a few hours and nobody ever got your real email address. Very similar to another service at http://spam.la but the mail pick up site is easier on the eyes.

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Welcome to Mailinator(tm) - Its no signup, instant anti-spam service. Here is how it works: You are on the web, at a party, or talking to your favorite insurance salesman. Wherever you are, someone (or some webpage) asks for your email. You know if you give it, you're gambling with your privacy. On the other hand, you do want at least one message from that person. The answer is to give them a mailinator address. You don't need to sign-up. You just make it up on the spot. Pick jonesy@mailinator.com or bipster@mailinator.com - pick anything you want (up to 15 characters before the @ sign).
 
Later, come to this site and check that account. Its that easy. Mailinator accounts are created when mail arrives for them. No signup, no personal information, and when you're done - you can walk away - an instant solution to one way spammers get your address. Its an anti-spam solution for everyone. The messages are automatically deleted for you after a few hours.
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