Except you can reuse a single spare Gmail, Hotmail, or even Yahoo email address that’s unlikely to be blocked as you never actually need to check it.

I can see using separate emails from a privacy standpoint, but renting an email still seems like a security issue.

iCloud Hide My Email feature generates @icloud.com addresses with no `+` in them.

There was a gmail disposable mail service that took advantage of + (ex: emailaddres+temp4hn@gmail.com). It appears it shut down though. As another user posted, cloud offers addresses without the +.

Thank you for the reminder that I meant to add some of that context in the story (which I will do after finishing this comment). I've written several stories over the years about how the major email providers have erected various hurdles designed to increase the costs for spammers, most notably phone verification. However, much of the data I'm aware of on the topic of pricing is somewhat dated. Here's one study from 2011, which found Hotmail accounts were far cheaper than Gmail and others because they were basically way easier to register.

Accounts Craigslist PVA 10 (4) $4.25 [§B.1] Gmail Accounts 6 (5) $0.07 Hotmail Accounts* 21 (12) $0.007 Facebook Accounts* 24 (10) $0.07

I doubt these prices are relevant today, apart from the continued price disparity between email providers.

Source:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sec11...