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No junk mail here, either[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#20)
by rodak on Wed Feb 09, 2005 at 06:24:42 AM PDT

I also have done hundreds of rebates, and I get virtually no junk mail at all.  I also get virtually no junk email from them either - how do I know?  I have my own domain name - when I sign up for a rebate, I put down an email address like "dell@mydomain.com" or "circuitcity@mydomain.com".  So if I get any spam, I know from whence it came.  To date, the only addresses I've received spam for are "dell" and "taxcut", and the amount has been exceedingly small.

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Tracking Spam[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#28)
by Anonymous User on Wed Feb 09, 2005 at 10:26:37 AM PDT

Spam Gourmet (http://www.spamgourmet.com/) lets you do that kind of thing without having to own your own domain. It's a free service that lets you -- on the fly and without warning -- create disposable email addresses that automatically timeout after a certain number of messages. I use it all the time for any kind of website or paper application that demands an email address before they'll let you do business.

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