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So how is this different from something like Mailinator.com? In my opinion, I can't see a use case in which I'd care enough to have my temporary email private.
by jswny 9y ago
So how is this different from something like Mailinator.com? In my opinion, I can't see a use case in which I'd care enough to have my temporary email private. If I cared enough I'd just use my real email.
- jacobwg 9y agoIf I had to guess, requiring that each email address be tied to an individual person would allow NBox to stay off "temporary email address" blacklists. It's a privacy service essentially, not an anonymity service. Same reason why credit card masking services are legal, but Visa/MC/etc wouldn't allow a mass-shared CC number.
- alkonaut 9y agoBut a throwaway gmail account works the same yes?
- bdav24 9y agoHi alkonaut, yes it works the same, but it might end up piling up.
- Ajedi32 9y agoGmail accounts sometimes require you to give a phone number in order to register a new account. Not to mention creating a new email address with this looks way easier than signing up for another Gmail account.
- ryan-c 9y agoIt will not keep NBox off blacklists. I've been using sneakemail for this for like fifteen years (and they do not offer a free service), and I've run into a number of sites that ban their domains anyway. Adafruit, for example, bans their domains.
- bdav24 9y agoHi jswny, jacobwg is right, the addresses are private (and anonymous because we don't ask any information). I'd say the use case is to filter "semi-wanted" emails.