Email Rules!

I use email everyday for work and home use, so I thought I'd post on some email related sites.

GishPuppy: Hate spam? Who doesn't. This is probably the coolest site I've found in awhile. What you do is when you go to enter your email address to signup for something online, don't. Go to GishPuppy (I have a JavaScript bookmark setup in my browser), register a new email forward, and paste it into the field on the signup page. Tada! One minor downside is that many sites have replaced usernames with your email address, so try to make your keywords easy to remember and remember that random 3-digit string they add to the address. Or just click on your GishPuppy link to scan through your registered forwarders. I love GishPuppy!

2Prong: When you just need that confirmation email for signups and nothing after that, try 2Prong. The domain (@whatever.com) changes weekly so there's a much smaller chance of having your email address rejected (like Mailinator), plus it automatically scans for new emails, so no need to keep refreshing the page. You can even create a custom string before the @ or just get it randomly. The best site for what it does.

Edit: No longer available.

HideLinks: I haven't used it yet (besides testing), but this site seems pretty cool. Just enter the URL you want to go to (or have others go to) and add a password. It give you a new address and hides the destination. Possibly useful for preventing unwanted access to your bookmarks or giving out to certain friends (Blogs, porn, whatever). Just a shame that it shows the actual URL after you put in the password, so anyone can save the address from there.

KickNotes: Create a message here and email the link. You can set how many times it can be viewed or for how long. Interesting.

Oh, and use Gmail. It's free, gives you lots of space, and who knows what other Google feature you'll want to use with the account.