Stop Email Spam this Christmas with Mailexpire

28. Nov 2006 | 2 Comments

Stop Email Spam with Mailexpire I don’t know about you but I’m not a big fan of spam. Whilst for the most part Thunderbird does a great job of filtering it out there are some cases I’d rather just not give my real email address out at all.

These are the kind of things I don’t like giving my real email address out for are:

Directory Submissions
Viral Opt-In Lists
Free Ebooks
Membership Sites I’m just “trying”
Anything that looks like it’ll send me a newsletter

It’s a common theme with a lot of websites selling products. After all, I can related to the fact that email marketing DOES work.

But…..I can’t help being curious, especially if a site asks me for my email address to get a copy of their “super special ebook” I’ll usually download it to get ideas or see what kind of tactics they’re using, probably to get you to sign up to something else at a later point. Problem is, most of these sites will spam you to death everyday with their affiliate marketing offers or ask you to “upgrade” to another “secret” part of the website.
Well, it’s time to fight back. Why shouldn’t you be able to be curious without giving away your real email address? With Mailexpire you can.

First of all, Mailexpire is free. You can set up a random mail address for anywhere from 12 hours to 3 months. It will automatically forward the mail to your nominated email address then expire after the time you set.

Now say goodbye to all that affiliate marketing SPAM. You can now sign up to things without fear of your inbox getting more offers than a scantily clad lady on a street corner

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2 Comments on "Stop Email Spam this Christmas with Mailexpire"

digitalnomad 07. Apr 2007, 12:35 pm

Why not set up an email address specific to this. I use multiple email accounts for different things.

I have one account just for things I know will result in junk email.

Brubaker 24. Apr 2007, 8:21 pm

Two disadvantages with a junk mail account, when compared to something like mailexpire.com

1. You have to log into a second account to get at the mail. With mailexpire, it goes to your main mail address.

2. When the spam starts coming in, you can’t trace it back to see which site is responsible. With mailexpire, you can see which alias it was sent to, and you know which alias you gave to each site, so you know who leaked your details.