Hidemail.us
Security and privacy
disposable email
SHOW HN2017
4points
5comments
#2,139of 2,242 in 2017
Top 96%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea that matches commenters' own disposable-address habits
From 2 comments
I prefer to blackhole everything in a Zoho account with the catchall[1] feature turned on, so I can just type random crap as the username when signing up like:…
ergot on HNI do that too! (hence the service this service is build on). I even have a domain especially for stuff that is going to spam me. Back when i was still a kid in school without…
herbst on HN
Objections
Claim that emails are not stored is questioned; maker says they are kept for 1-5 seconds
From 2 comments
> Emails do not get saved. No logs. 100% private on swiss servers I appreciate your effort to keep privacy, but I think it's more realistic something like the old policy of…
gus_massa on HNHeh, true. I had something like that but it did not look so well. But you are right, its simply not true the email IS saved for about 1-5 seconds. Going to update, thanks for the…
herbst on HN
Requests
Stronger no-logging policy like Mailinator's
From 1 comment
> Emails do not get saved. No logs. 100% private on swiss servers I appreciate your effort to keep privacy, but I think it's more realistic something like the old policy of…
gus_massa on HN
Alternatives named
Mailinator
From 1 comment
> Emails do not get saved. No logs. 100% private on swiss servers I appreciate your effort to keep privacy, but I think it's more realistic something like the old policy of…
gus_massa on HN
Zoho catch-all email domain
From 1 comment
I prefer to blackhole everything in a Zoho account with the catchall[1] feature turned on, so I can just type random crap as the username when signing up like:…
ergot on HN