A common misconception in spam prevention seems to be "I just need to filter it", well I spit in the face of that concept, here is a new one - the less people with your address, the better - plain and simple. The more spam you filter, the more chances you will get legit mail confused with spam, an important client email in your spam box, or junk in your inbox.
The first rule for spam prevention - dont give your address out if you dont know what you will receive - you may say "i really need to join this mailing list" or "I *need* to register for this online sweepstake" - well in comes anonymous mail accounts, and the number one being spamgourmet.com
You set a number for how many emails you wish to receive at this address and once that amount has been exceeded any further spam gets "eaten". There is a max of 20 emails (there is even a way around this...keep reading).
Read their FAQ - it is amazing, try the advanced mode out for some added features, for instance if you want to exceed the maximum 20 spam emails, its right there in advanced. They also have several dozen other email domains that you can use so it doesnt say @spamgourmet.com, just enable advanced mode, and click "send a message".
This is an open source system that was started in 2000, so I think it really is the best around, and its free.
www.gishpuppy.com also lets you send/receive, but they dont seem to be as reliable as the gourmet site.
And finally here are some more temporary junk mail sites:
http://www.sizlopedia.com/2007/05/27/top-20-temporary-and-disposable-email-services/
Ok - I wish I had some really cool spam filters to post here, but I think I will leave that to another article.
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