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I use http://mytrashmail.com/ whenever I need to sign up for anything. Use it finish the e-mail validation that these sites make you do, and then forget about it.

I really wish that Google would build something like that into GMail -- something that would let you create a disposable address that is forwarded to your real address, but then can be easily blocked once you start getting spammed. (No, the "+" addresses doesn't cut it, since it reveals your real address to anyone who cares.)

There are several tools you can use to make the whole "required registration for everything" a little less annoying:

http://www.bugmenot.com/ has usernames and passwords that people have submitted for a bunch of sites. Very handy when you want to read something in a web forum (or other site, but I've found forums to be the worst) that has really obnoxious registration requirements.

http://mytrashmail.com/ is an anonymous email service that lets you use a temporary email address, without requiring registration of any kind. It's good when you need to sign up for a website that insists on a verifying your email address, so you don't have to risk giving them a useful address.

Finally, if you use a password manager (I've been using KeePassX, it's pretty good and cross-platform), then you don't have to remember passwords anymore, so there's no reason to use a weak password for anything. I don't have any idea what most of my passwords are.

(but maybe for an email they feed to spammers that offer 'deals' if you give them your email.)

C'mon, just use http://mytrashmail.com/

http://www.mytrashmail.com/

Very handy temporary email accounts.

Here is where you can post an email anonymously.

That's what a 'throw away' account like a hotmail acocunt is for,

www.mytrashmail.com.

Or you can use mytrashmail.com and get a free temporary email to sign up to sites with.

I tried slashdot@mytrashmail.com, we'll see in an hour...