Spam Gourmet

Here is an intriguing solution to spam. An infinite supply of email addresses; useful for when you must submit a usable email address (e.g. where a mail is sent to verify registration).

All mail sent to addresses you give out from spamgourmet is routed through that site and filtered through rules before going to your real address. For example, if your user name is ‘dude’, then you can sign up for a dodgy website with:

xxxgirls.5.dude@spamgourmet.com

This will allow 5 messages sent to this address to be forwarded to your real address; after that, spam gourmet eats them all. Once you’ve decided you trust a site or person, you can either send your real address or add the address to your list of trusted emails. If you use good identifiers, you will also be able to tell from which site spam is being sent.