You want to download a file or sign up for a website but it requires that you provide an email address to which it will send you a verification email or other such nonsense. The problem with providing your real email address is you start receiving unsolicited email, more commonly known as spam. Many people use a gmail, hotmail, or another free email account they’ve specifically created for such a purpose . But even those free email accounts can become cumbersome too, as the account gets bombarded with unwanted spam that over time you have to filter through to find the email you’re expecting. You can turn up the tolerance level for spam but it also can end up preventing the email you’re expecting from being received by the email client. If you’re looking for a better solution, there’s 10 Minute Mail. As the name suggests, you get an email address that’s good for 10 minutes.

http://10minutemail.com/

All you have to do is click “Get my 10 Minute Mail e-mail address”.  That’s it. Simple enough?

Get my 10 minute mail!

10 minutes not long enough for you? Don’t worry, all you have to do is click “I need more time! Give me 10 more minutes!”

Your email inbox

Sometimes it helps to click the refresh button on your web browser to check for email but other than that, there’s not much more to say. Useful, simple and free!