TemporaryInbox: Temporary Email Forwarding

Many websites like forums, newsletter subscriptions, lottery sites require you to register with your email address. And if you do so there is a big chance that you will end up with the inbox full of spam. The onlineway to avoide spam is to use disposable email accounts or accounts with temporary email forwarding.

TemporaryInbox offers two ways to protect your email from spam. First, it gives you temporary inbox email accounts that can be used for suspicious sites ande delted at any time. Additionally, there are temporary forwarding accounts that merely redirect incoming email to your real address.

temporary forwarding

1) Temporary inbox for incoming mail

You can get a temporary email address right from the main page (see picture below). It works the same way as any usual email address and can be used anywhere. The only difference is that all incoming emails to this address are deleted automatically after 6 hours. To check for incoming mails just enter your temporary address into provided field and click “Go”. There is also a Firefox browser add-on that lets you check your temporary inbox right from the browser toolbar.

inbox email account

2) Temporary forwarding

Forwarding account lets you create an email that forwards all of your incoming emails to your real email address. This account can be easily deleted at any time.

Features:

  • Protect your private email from spam by using disposable email accounts
  • 2 types of accounts available: temporary inbox email and temporary forwarding.
  • Download the Firefox browser plugin to access temporary inbox right from the browser toolbar.
  • No registration needed.
  • Similar websites: MakeMeTheKing, MeltMail and TempInBox.

Check out TemporaryInbox @ www.temporaryinbox.com

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1 Comment Add Comment
2009-05-30 05:19:06
Andy_S

It has been the best but it’s no longer avaliable.
Please update the info

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