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On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:27:30 +0100 Jason Witcher <jaydoubleyou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 22 October 2015 at 16:18, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > I have been looking at my computer set up at home, and I have > > decided that some tidying up is in order. One thing that definitely > > needs sorting out is my emails. > > > > I have a personal web site and use it for emails, with various > > account names. A lot of these are for web sites that I access just > > occasionally, eg Amazon, Healthspan, photo.net, Book Depository and > > many more. (Am I alone in this?) Most sites which require some form > > of registration ask for a valid email address. > > > > Anyway, it has occurred to me that it would be useful to have a free > > web mail account set up for such items. This would leave my normal > > email site less cluttered, and also keep all such emails out of the > > way in one place. > > > > So I have been looking around the web for a good one, IMAP being > > preferred, and of course there are just so many. I definitely do not > > want gmail, yahoomai, AOL mail etc. So I am hoping for some guidance > > with this. > > > > Is this a good idea? Can anyone suggest a good email site for this? > > One I came across was yandex, which looked good but turned out to > > be based in Russia, which may or may not matter. > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil > > > I use Spamgourmet (https://www.spamgourmet.com) - you sign up for an > account with them, then give out email addresses in the form > xxxx.yourusername@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - the xxxx can be anything you > want. The site will only forward 3 emails, although you can change > this if you need to. If you decide you want to carry on receiving the > emails, just change your address with the sender. > Thanks, I have heard of them, but it is not what I am looking for. What I want is a webmail address that I can use to register with a web site that I will probably use very rarely. A good example is Lett's which I go to once a year to buy a new diary. Otherwise I never access their site. When I first used them I had to register, including an email address. So a web mail address would have been ideal. I am not looking for anything clever like encryption, just somewhere to keep such emails, out of the way of the ones I use all the time. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq