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I use them on a weekly basis :(

If a site asks a mail, enter random-6-characters@pokemail.net , in 30 seconds, go to guerrillamail.com and enter the same random 6 characters for the verification link, if any.

Thanks for helping me avoid spam

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I've been using mailinator.com for years - they have an almost identical service (they don't allow you to send mail, though)

Another helpful use case: Some annoying sites ask you to create an account before you can browse them, but there's a faster way: Click on a 'lost password' link, and enter <website name>@mailinator.com as your email - chances are, someone else has already used mailinator to create an account, and you can re-use theirs :-)

I use bugmenot for websites that require an account to browse or to download stuff (looking at you Qt), it works most of the time

many websites do not accept the @mailinator.com email addresses. And Mailinator used to have a ton of alternate domains, nowadays I do not see those. what happened ?

You can set your own alternative domain, by setting a DNS MX record:

  10 mail.mailinator.com

I have this setup for a subdomain ("xyz") of my personal domain.

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