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Old 01-01-2015, 09:41 PM   #1
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Anonymous Email that work with thunderbird


I'm trying to find anonymous emails for receiving/sending email that will work with Thunderbird mainly to stop spam from spammers and marketers and to protect from a malicious email. (I use Gmail right now and I'm getting all kind of spam, that I dont want).
 
Old 01-01-2015, 10:35 PM   #2
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This is a fruitless quest. If you have an email address, you will get spam. Nothing you can do on your end can prevent someone from sending an email to an email address. You would get better results by using and training Thunderbird's spam filtering capabilities.

You will find some good hints on how to reduce spam here: http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Spam

This link may also be useful: http://lifehacker.com/when-gmails-fi...spam-513920584

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Old 01-01-2015, 10:37 PM   #3
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(I use Gmail right now and I'm getting all kind of spam, that I dont want).
I don't think the solution here is getting more emails. Most likely, you are subscribed to / got your email sold to marketers.

I propose you do two things:

Get a new email and don't give it to every site that wants it.

Use disposable emails to sites you want to get 1-2 emails from and never hear from again.
There are a abundant amount of disposable email sites that you can try.

I haven't gotten a single piece of spam that I don't know the origin from for quite awhile using a google email.
There's probably a lot of unwanted emails being sent to me - but they're all being sent to non-existant emails

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Old 01-01-2015, 10:38 PM   #4
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Have you considered filtering your mail through Spamgourmet?

The service offered by Spamgourmet gives you an unlimited number of (anonymous) e-mail aliases that are automatically filtered and forwarded to the e-mail account of your choice.

Oh, and it's free (but they do accept donations).
 
Old 01-02-2015, 12:58 AM   #5
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I decided what to do same question but rethought: two anonymous emails that will work with thunderbird one for sending emails and one for receiving emails?
 
Old 01-02-2015, 08:09 PM   #6
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I am skeptical that using anonymizers will have the effect that you expect it to. I really want to hear how this works out for you.
 
Old 01-02-2015, 08:17 PM   #7
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Spam doesn't matter anymore. I'm now just trying to find anonymous emails that will work with Thunderbird.
 
Old 01-02-2015, 11:16 PM   #8
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anonymous emails
I'm unsure of what you mean by anonymous emails..

Do you mean disposable emails?
Emails you want to pull from the server encrypted?
Email servers that promote privacy?
 
Old 01-02-2015, 11:21 PM   #9
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I'm unsure of what you mean by anonymous emails..

Do you mean disposable emails?
Emails you want to pull from the server encrypted?
Email servers that promote privacy?
No, I mean anonymous emails I can have for receiving emails that will work with Thunderbird.
 
  


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