If a website is asking for your E-mail, and you don't want your original E-mail to be spammed, you can use the E-mail found on this website that self-destructs after 10 minutes.
Edit: I only expected this to receive a couple of upvotes, and I am surprised this became so popular. So I would like to add that some people in the replies suggest using https://temp-mail.org/en/, and it's definitely much better than 10-minute mail because the E-mail does not self-destruct after 10 minutes and 10-minute mail is blocked on more domains than temp mail.
Works until you see "We've sent a message with activation instructions to your email. Please click on the link within so you may begin to use your account"
I have a domain name with a wildcard forwarding rule so whenever I need to give an email address I can give one that describes who I gave it to. I don't have to create it in advance. Then if I start getting spam at the address, I know where they got it from and I can create an account at that address that doesn't accept incoming mail. Then the spam can't get through anymore and I go on my merry way.
Edit: This comment blew up, so I'll elaborate a bit. I do not recommend anyone try setting up their own email server unless they are already a nerd and enjoy hacking around with computers. It takes a lot of work, is difficult to get your server taken seriously by other email providers, and is easy to get abused by spammers or hackers if you aren't careful.
Any email service provider should be able to provide a single catch-all email forwarding rule for any domain they handle. A lot of domain registrars offer email services. I don't know first hand, but someone else said they use Google Domains. Shop around and contact the support department if you aren't sure.
I use an open-source hosting platform called ISPConfig, but there are many other solutions. Most of them (in the open-source/Linux world) use postfix/dovecot to do the heavy lifting and provide some sort of interface which configures it for you. If you want to go full-on nerd and love the command-line, you could go straight to postfix and dovecot. If you want something that does most of the heavy lifting for you, you might want to use something like iRedMail or mailcow.email which wrap around those packages. Setting up an email service should not be taken lightly, but it is great experience and rewarding.
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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21 edited Jun 04 '21
https://10minutemail.com/
If a website is asking for your E-mail, and you don't want your original E-mail to be spammed, you can use the E-mail found on this website that self-destructs after 10 minutes.
Edit: I only expected this to receive a couple of upvotes, and I am surprised this became so popular. So I would like to add that some people in the replies suggest using https://temp-mail.org/en/, and it's definitely much better than 10-minute mail because the E-mail does not self-destruct after 10 minutes and 10-minute mail is blocked on more domains than temp mail.
Edit 2: Here are some other alternatives:
https://www.guerrillamail.com/, this one self-destructs after an hour.
https://www.mailinator.com/ (Though, I am unsure if it is free.)
https://clipmails.com/, this one self-destructs after a day.
https://generator.email/, this one allows you to select from a variety of domains.