As the popular saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch, e.g. you don’t get something for nothing.  Of course, this phrase is applicable to the plethora of “free” information consumed each day via the internet; however, the currency of exchange is not often money, but instead, a barrage of spam and advertising.  I am unsure of the number of websites I have signed up for in order to read one article and never to return, however, I have spent countless hours deleting the spam trail that unavoidably follows.  Sure, a@a.com will work if you need to provide a fake email address for some freeware or to gain quick access to a website, but what if the download or activation link is sent to the provided email address?

If you’re like me, you probably have several functioning email addresses to work around spam, nevertheless, it’s not fun signing into a secondary account to quickly gain access to a third-rate website.  This is the problem Temporaryemail.net hopes to alleviate by providing a fast and disposable email address—without signing up or logging in.  Just visit the site, click the button, and a unique email address is immediately activated.  Use it to download, join, or gain access to any website you don’t want infiltrating your personal email account while keeping spam at bay.

Temporaryemail.net is a great solution, but there are also many others—Mail Plus by Yahoo and Gmail come to mind, and I hope to provide comparisons of these and varying other services in this blog.  If you have any information regarding spam fighting solutions, or just want to say hi, please feel free to drop me a line!