VANISHING E-MAIL ADDRESS

Protect your e-mail ID

Our e-mail addresses are our identity, as it were, and we would like to keep them away from spammers' eyes.

But sometimes, if you want to download data or graphics from a Web site, you are required to fill out a sign-up form, go for Web site subscriptions, which may open the door to unsolicited spam.

Temporary e-mails

How can we avoid such risks and protect our main e-mail IDs?

www.10minutemail.com could be the answer - this will give you a temporary e-mail address valid for just 10 minutes.

10 mins e-mail

More importantly, there is no registration or verification here. Any e-mails sent to that address would show up automatically on the Web page. Keep the Web page open for 10 minutes.

You can read and forward the messages sent to your e-mail address and even reply to the messages. The e-mail address will self-destruct after 10 minutes.

Spam-free

If you want to retain the e-mail address (given by the Web site) for some more time, you can also reset the timer by clicking on ''Give me 10 more minutes.''

For safer surfing, use this (temporary) e-mail address for any forum sign-ups and keep your inbox spam-free.



Click over to the site. You will instantly be given a temporary e-mail address that vanishes after 10 minutes.