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I created it as a side project to stop fake registrations with disposable email addresses, like emails from mailinator, email-fake.com, temp-mail.org, etc. It
by clusterman 10y ago
I created it as a side project to stop fake registrations with disposable email addresses, like emails from mailinator, email-fake.com, temp-mail.org, etc.
It has a public API, no registration required, accepts up to 10 checks per minute. A WordPress plugin and a simple PHP library are also included.
Check it out :-)
- ythn 10y agoHow much does it cost to get my temp email service white listed?
- clusterman 10y agoI'll never accept payment for those cases. It defeats the purpose.
- jakebasile 10y agoNo offense, but why block those addresses?
- SparkyMcUnicorn 10y agoSometimes people use them for bots to create accounts.
- jakebasile 10y agoAlso makes sense. Thanks!
- joshmanders 10y agoBecause some services have sensitive information and need a reliable way to contact you. If you use my service and attach your credit card to pay for it, and used a disposable email to sign up with and your account gets breached, who's fault is it that I couldn't email you and let you know? Sure if it's some throw away service that doesn't have such sensitive information, that's fine, but there's many reasons to use such a service.
- jakebasile 10y agoThat makes sense, thanks. My line of thought was that if someone is using a disposable address they probably aren't going to respond to marketing anyways - they're just checking out your service.
- dingaling 10y ago> who's fault is it that I couldn't email you and let you know? The user's fault; they are knowingly trading that risk for protection of their privacy. That says a lot for how they regard the service in question. What about rejecting ISP-issued e-mail addresses? Those are also ephemeral, for those who use them. What about Yahoo! / Outlook.com / Gmail addresses? in the vast majority of cases people using those have no 'hold' on them and their accounts can be suspended at whim. Domain-related addresses can be lost if the registry decides to hike the domain prices beyond affordability, such as with the 1000% increase in Uniregistry gTLDs later this year. Where to draw the line? All e-mail addresses are temporary.
- erelde 10y agoDisposable email addresses exists precisely because we don't plan on returning. Some websites tried to block disposable addresses already, I just went somewhere else.
- ithinkso 10y agoDon't take it the wrong way, I wish you all the best but I also hope this particular project won't see any significant adaptation :(
- XNOVRJ 10y agoThere's a reason I'm using a disposable address for your service. A much better user experience would be for you to allow me the option to try out your service before giving you my email.
- lloydatkinson 10y agoThen you are an arsehole, plain and simple.