You may have heard of throwaway or disposable email addresses and wondered why anyone would need one. But you might be surprised by how having one can come in handy. Although they may sound like ...

Signing up for web services with your primary email address is never a good idea. Some sketchy services may jam your Gmail inbox with dozens of weekly emails. Instead of blocking email addresses, ...

Every time you give a website your email address, you put yourself at risk from spammers and data breaches. Using a temporary email service lets you communicate while still maintaining some privacy.

Well, dear readers, we have reached the final issue of It’s Geek To Me for 2022. Just for the record, this is issue #805 of my humble little publication. I never thought it would go on this long when ...

As an alternative to using ExpireIt to create temporary email addresses (as mentioned here recently), Wayne Barker suggests getting your own domain name from a host that includes email forwarding. If ...

With an increase in the number of services you subscribe to (or are already subscribed to), it is likely that you are also being flooded with emails from a plethora of services — to an extent where it ...

Here’s a common hassle: You sign up for some freebie, promotion, or service that requires your e-mail address–and suddenly your inbox is deluged with ads, notifications, and other spam. Of course, ...

When you want to download something, for example an application from a Web site, nine times out of 10 you are asked for your e-mail address. While a few sites perform no e-mail address verification ...