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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I gave only a temporary email address to Sharper Image, but they started bombarding my Gmail account immediately, three times a day. It started happening right after I signed up for "Email on Deck." ...

How many times has this happened to you? You search for something online, and the next thing you know - your social media pages are bombarded with ads for the exact same product? These days more ...

A Web-based email service that lets anyone create and use a temporary email address. For free reports and software, websites often require users to sign in with a valid email address. The site then ...

Time spent deleting and wrangling junk mail can cut into your productivity and even bottom line. That's where a disposable email address comes in handy. When you download trial software or sign up for ...

10 Minute Mail started off slow in popularity, but it’s becoming a massive “hit” service that people are using all over the world. Essentially, it gives you an email address that you can use for 10 ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. 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 ...