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I wanted to try spotify a while back but got stuck when it required a FB account.

Sounds like it's no longer required, but I suppose I still don't trust them enough to try their service.

There really isn't anything janky going on here, it's a poor lack of communication on the part of the spotify program and lack of understanding on the part of the user.

As for Spotify, as a long time user I love it. Very much worth a try.

You can signup with an email address , but the option is hidden quite low in the signup page.

Best way to avoid this sort of stuff is just to sign up to spotify with throwaway email.

I have found that it's worth buying a domain name and just tying it to a VPS with SMTP installed (or using a third part service that offers unlimited addresses). That way you can just generate throwaway email addresses as you need them.

You can also use Mailinator[0] and their many other domains for throwaway email addresses. In fact, you can point your MX records to mail.mailinator.com for a custom domain without running a VPS.[1]

[0] http://www.mailinator.com/ [1] http://mailinator.blogspot.com/2008/01/your-own-private-mail...

True, but those services are quite limited and not that secure in that anybody who knows the email address can login to your account.

Not necessarily. They also give you a “gibberish” address to the account. So if I use “foobar” as my mailbox on mailinator, they will list an address like M8R-wk43th@mailinator too, that does not let people log in.

I have a google apps for business account (a former free one before they started charging).

I just create lots of alias emails associated with a domain name I used to use and still own. Works like a charm and they are always accepted.

I hear mailinator email addresses don't always get accepted by some services (though I haven't experienced this myself to verify).

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