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There is currently no competition for Gmail. This is the email account I recommend for permanent use. If you ever have to change your ISP, you will lose your email account with them. Gmail is permanent and you can have as many accounts as you like. There are so many benefits to Gmail that outclasses the rest that they are too many to list here. I recommend you research it thoroughly.

Your Google Docs, Calendar, Chat, SMS, Video and Voice (soft phone with a Google Voice number) are right there on the Gmail interface. You get almost 8GB of free storage in which you can save/archive all of your emails that you want. At this time, I would not settle for anything less!

Disposable Email

Disposable email is mainly intended for use with sites that require email to register or download software where you do not want to risk your personal email to spam. Never send or knowingly receive sensitive information via disposable email.

Privacy: THERE IS NONE. Expect that any disposable email you send or have sent can and will be viewed by anyone. Simply put, anyone can read anyone else's email on most disposable email. By design, there is simply no way to insure only you have access to any given email. There are some that claim privacy, but I wouldn't trust it.

Dispostable. Pick a random name to add to [name]@dispostable.com. To check the inbox, insert the name in the Check Inbox field at Dispostable. Public viewing. No registration or account required. Similar to Mailinator.

Jetable not only allows you to set the life span of your temporary email inbox but also allows you to forward the mails in your temporary inbox to your real email address. Your inbox can last from one hour to one month. The web interface is available in different languages. No registration required, and you can check your trash-away inbox via web or the Jetable Firefox extension.

Mailboxable is a free service that lets you generate a disposable email inbox for one-shot registration purposes or any other situation where you don't want to give away your personal address. Completely free, you don't need any registration process to use the service. Messages in your disposable inbox are stored by Mailboxable for 7 days.

MailExpire stands out in the crowd by giving you the option to have a temporary inbox ranging from 12 hours expiry to as long as 3 months.

Mailinator No Registration! No Sign-up! No need to create an account, just use any name with @mailinator.com. To view your email messages, simply go to http://mailinator.com and paste that Mailinator email name into "Check your inbox!" and click GO. Mailinator is not actually a fake email address like SpamGourmet, but accomplishes the same thing and many sites that require an email address know about the likes of SpamGourmet and refuse the fake email. Mailinator works but anyone can view the emails if they know or guess the name so do not use it in the case where private information may be passed. Also, any email sent to a Mailinator addy contains the personal email addy of the sender. This can also be used for a group email discussion and only your imagination limits its use. Just remember, it is public.

MintEmail gives you a three hour temporary email address. Simply click on "Create New Temporary Email" to get your temporary email address and all incoming emails will be displayed on this page. No need to refresh the page. Public viewing.

MyTrashMail is another good temporary mail service that gives you a mailbox in the address format e.g. something@trashymail.com and also gives you secure temporary mailbox if you signup.

Spambox gives you a temporary email address in the format e.g. something@spambox.us. You can choose an expiry date up to one year. spambox.us is completely free to use and no registration is needed. The web interface is available in different languages.

SpamGourmet gives you temporary and permanent addresses. You can then give out the temporary addresses, from which you can set a number code for how many temp emails are forwarded to your permanent address. Mails sent thereafter to the temporary address is discarded. You should never give out your permanent address. Registration is required.

Spam.la is a fast disposable email service which requires no registration, no frills. You can see all spam being sent to all Spam.la accounts, or just your own.

SpamMotel requires registration, provides mail forwarding, mail can be accessed through desktop e-mail clients, can reply to e-mail from your real e-mail address using SpamMotel e-mail.

TempEMail is a free online service that lets you create a temporary, anonymous email inbox that will last for 14 days. You can use it to receive one-time messages from sites that you won't visit again in the future. No registration nor setup is required to use TempEMail.

TempoMail is one new temporary email inbox services that give you a spam-free mailbox. TempEmail aims to give you a fast, anonymous yet secure temporary email inbox. Has a FireFox Plug-in.

Yopmail is a free service that lets you create a disposable, anonymous email address. Messages on your temporary Yopmail inbox are stored for 8 days and you can check them via a dedicated Firefox extension or widget. No registration process is needed.

MAKING AND RECEIVING CALLS IN GMAIL

In addition to calling a phone number in Gmail via Google Chat, you can also receive calls if you have a Google Voice account. If you already have a Google Voice account, it must use the same username as the Gmail account you wish to receive calls in. If you aren't a Google Voice user, yet, you can upgrade for free if you are in the United States.

Make cheap international calls with your Google number. Manage all of your phone numbers to call through your Google Voice number. Send free text messages. Place calls and send text messages showing your Google number without using phone minutes - it uses data channels. Listen to voicemail and read transcripts.

To receive calls in Gmail:

  • Make at least one outbound call from Gmail.
  • In Google Voice, navigate to Voice settings under the gear icon.
  • In the Phones tab, click the check box next to Google Chat.

If you wish to edit the settings for this forwarding phone, click the Edit button. You can disable Gmail as a forwarding phone simply by un-checking the box next to Google Chat.

When you receive a call in Gmail, a call window will appear with a ringtone. If you do not hear the ringtone, please check to make sure your sound is not muted. To accept the call, simply press the Answer button. You can ignore a call by clicking the Ignore button.