December 1, 2006

Sick of internet marketing JVs and squeeze pages? I just found this neat little email thingy that creates a self-destructing email address for you. Here’s how the 10-minute email works.

By clicking on the link below, you will be given a temporary e-mail address. Any e-mails sent to that address will show up automatically on the web page. You can read them, click on links, and even reply to them. The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.

Why would you use this? Maybe you want to sign up for a site which requires that you provide an e-mail address to send a validation e-mail to. And maybe you don’t want to give up your real e-mail address and end up on a bunch of spam lists. This is nice and disposable. And it’s free. Enjoy!

Well, it looks like list-building just took a blow. Especially the sneaky kind! I can just imagine all sorts of other people using this - terrorists, spies, perverts who signup on dating sites.

Via Michael Campbell


3 Comments »
  1. Thanks for the heads up - def. an interesting service!

    You’re right that list building with be much tougher of that service gets well knows. Marketers will have to ensure they stress long term benefits of signing up to ensure a valid email address (ie. periodic bonuses or tips to newsletter subscribers).

    Comment by Steve Gerard — December 7, 2006 @ 8:41 pm


  2. I’m totally horrified because this will allow spambots to get around the email validation step for forum registration.

    I already spend more than an hour everyday cleaning out this rubbish from my forums in order to try to ensure quality and relevance for users.

    If people start using this I’ll have no choice but to shut the forums off from auto registration and require people to email me to request manual registration.

    Forum Equaliser, BadderAdder, and now this rubbish. The software developers should be jailed for promoting spam.

    Comment by Christine — January 4, 2007 @ 7:21 am


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