Dummy Email Account?

patrick0brien · Jul 21, 2003, 01:55 PM

-All

Can anyone recommend a cheap - but passable (hotmail and yahoo accounts don't work with this) email provider?

Why? I need a dummy account I can use in online signup forms so that all spammers send there, instead of my real account.

Boy, it'd be nice if DOTmac would provide something like this - a 'shadow' account.

Lyle · Jul 21, 2003, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by patrick0brien
Can anyone recommend a cheap - but passable (hotmail and yahoo accounts don't work with this) email provider?

Ummm, define "passable"? I mean, what is it about HotMail or Yahoo Mail that make them "impassable"?

Veldek · Jul 21, 2003, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Lyle
Ummm, define "passable"? I mean, what is it about HotMail or Yahoo Mail that make them "impassable"?

Right, I also use a Yahoo account as a dummy and don't have problems with it. I only go there every few months or so and delete everything.

Daveman Deluxe · Jul 21, 2003, 02:13 PM

I actually still put in my e-mail address from my old ISP when they don't actually have to e-mail me.

Look around for e-mail accounts though. I'd do a Google on that one if it were me.

MrMacMan · Jul 21, 2003, 02:20 PM

http://www.anonymous.to/

done.

Schiffi · Jul 21, 2003, 02:30 PM

I, as well, use Yahoo as my dummy account. I even use it with Mail.app. My suggestion is to configure you outgoing mail server to that of your ISP if it isn't working. I know Semo.net and Cox both have this problem of STMP outgoing mail. I have to use "mail.semo.net" for me to send my mail. But it works.

patrick0brien · Jul 21, 2003, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by Lyle
Ummm, define "passable"? I mean, what is it about HotMail or Yahoo Mail that make them "impassable"?

-Lyle

Some order forms insist on an email account that is specifically not Yahoo, or Hotmail. I can guess the reasons, but only guess.

I'll check on Anonymous.to MrMacman.

Thanks guys.

patrick0brien · Jul 21, 2003, 03:15 PM

-MrMacman

Oh that's [http://www.anonymous.to/] perfect! Just what the doctor ordered!

MrMacMan · Jul 21, 2003, 10:03 PM

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Originally posted by patrick0brien
-MrMacman

Oh that's [http://www.anonymous.to/] perfect! Just what the doctor ordered!

Hehe, anytime.

I put all of my 'this is gonna give me spam isn't it?' things in there.
for certain sites I also change my name so like for gap I know that gap sold my name to spamers because my first name isn't jeregapmiah it is jeremiah.

Jul 21, 2003, 01:55 PM	#1
patrick0brien macrumors 68040 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The West Loop	Dummy Email Account? -All Can anyone recommend a cheap - but passable (hotmail and yahoo accounts don't work with this) email provider? Why? I need a dummy account I can use in online signup forms so that all spammers send there, instead of my real account. Boy, it'd be nice if DOTmac would provide something like this - a 'shadow' account. __________________ *Let's Get Stupid.* Switchers, and Experienced Gearheads go to Sneezing Frog

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Jul 21, 2003, 02:30 PM	#6
Schiffi macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2003 Location: Missouri	I, as well, use Yahoo as my dummy account. I even use it with Mail.app. My suggestion is to configure you outgoing mail server to that of your ISP if it isn't working. I know Semo.net and Cox both have this problem of STMP outgoing mail. I have to use "mail.semo.net" for me to send my mail. But it works. __________________ SEE 7ON

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patrick0brien Thread Starter macrumors 68040 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The West Loop	-MrMacman Oh that's [http://www.anonymous.to/] perfect! Just what the doctor ordered! __________________ *Let's Get Stupid.* Switchers, and Experienced Gearheads go to Sneezing Frog

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Jul 21, 2003, 02:13 PM	#4
Daveman Deluxe macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Corvallis, Oregon	I actually still put in my e-mail address from my old ISP when they don't actually have to e-mail me. Look around for e-mail accounts though. I'd do a Google on that one if it were me.