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Congrats for the launch and the interesting approach! I run 10MinuteMail.com, which is in the same space, although with a few differentiators, so take my comme

by modoc 18y ago

Congrats for the launch and the interesting approach! I run 10MinuteMail.com, which is in the same space, although with a few differentiators, so take my comments with a grain of salt:) I worry about the lack of security (i.e. someone can easily issue a forgot password event, and grab that e-mail, and take over your account). Obviously you shouldn't use disposable accounts for things like your bank's site, but in general I think people use them for forum or site accounts that they want to use, but aren't sure won't sell their address list. The only people I can picture who 100% don't care if their account can be easily stolen are forum spammers, who unfortunately use disposable e-mail services pretty often. I like the auto-clicking action, although many sites require you to set a new password after you click the link or login with the One Time Use initial password. Since those links are only usable once, and the site will keep auto-clicking them when the mail comes in, I think you could find yourself unable to authenticate with a large number of sites.

ntoshev 18y ago
Thanks, I don't really intend to run it as a business. Without being a forum spammer, I personally used Mailinator a lot and saw the chance to make it easier. I warned about the danger of stealing the account in the FAQ, on the front page; I hope this will be enough. I will write some code to avoid the auto-clicking trap you mentioned, thanks! :)
- chris11 18y ago
  If you wanted to make something out of it, you could do something like bugmenot.com. It might be possible to right scripts to automatically create accounts at places like the new york times. So you could get people to go to your site, and they could automatically access sites. The problem with bugmenot is that people change the password on the throwaway accounts, so it is sometimes hard to find valid accounts. This way you could control the password and make sure it wasn't changed. That will get you page views, and let you put up advertising. I like the site though, it's always nice to have another throw away email account. Especially since this one actually activates the registration for you.

by modoc 18y ago

ntoshev 18y ago

Thanks, I don't really intend to run it as a business. Without being a forum spammer, I personally used Mailinator a lot and saw the chance to make it easier. I warned about the danger of stealing the account in the FAQ, on the front page; I hope this will be enough. I will write some code to avoid the auto-clicking trap you mentioned, thanks! :)

chris11 18y ago
If you wanted to make something out of it, you could do something like bugmenot.com. It might be possible to right scripts to automatically create accounts at places like the new york times. So you could get people to go to your site, and they could automatically access sites. The problem with bugmenot is that people change the password on the throwaway accounts, so it is sometimes hard to find valid accounts. This way you could control the password and make sure it wasn't changed. That will get you page views, and let you put up advertising. I like the site though, it's always nice to have another throw away email account. Especially since this one actually activates the registration for you.