I've enjoyed using trashmail.com You basically use it to generate a persistent throw-away email (aka proxy) that forwards to your real email, and then you just

I've enjoyed using trashmail.com You basically use it to generate a persistent throw-away email (aka proxy) that forwards to your real email, and then you just use the proxy email on open web communities like HN. Once you start getting spam, you can just deactivate the proxy and/or create a new one.