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I'm finding them harder and harder to obtain privately. I wanted a free throw away email address recently, so I tried a few of the big names - yahoo, hotmail, o
by nthao0ent23 9y ago
I'm finding them harder and harder to obtain privately. I wanted a free throw away email address recently, so I tried a few of the big names - yahoo, hotmail, outlook, gmail. I couldn't see a way to sign up for any one of these without giving out an existing email address to them. If I wanted something unconnected to anything else, I had no way to do that. I'm not sure how someone getting on the internet for the first time would do it with any free service. I'm not opposed to paying for an email account, but it does create a barrier to entry.
- piaste 9y agoGmail asks you for your current email address, but it isn't actually required. I just tried it and made a new account in two clicks. I assume the same applies to at least some of the others.
- dkersten 9y agoIf its throwaway, perhaps something like mailinator would do the trick?
- icebraining 9y agoTry outside the big ones? It takes only a few minutes to find one host that allows one to register without such stupidity.