[clusterman]

I created it as a side project to stop fake registrations with disposable email addresses, like emails from mailinator, email-fake.com, temp-mail.org, etc.

It has a public API, no registration required, accepts up to 10 checks per minute. A WordPress plugin and a simple PHP library are also included.

Check it out :-)

[ithinkso]

Don't take it the wrong way, I wish you all the best but I also hope this particular project won't see any significant adaptation :(

[jakebasile]

No offense, but why block those addresses?

[joshmanders]

Because some services have sensitive information and need a reliable way to contact you. If you use my service and attach your credit card to pay for it, and used a disposable email to sign up with and your account gets breached, who's fault is it that I couldn't email you and let you know?

Sure if it's some throw away service that doesn't have such sensitive information, that's fine, but there's many reasons to use such a service.

[dingaling]

> who's fault is it that I couldn't email you and let you know?

The user's fault; they are knowingly trading that risk for protection of their privacy. That says a lot for how they regard the service in question.

What about rejecting ISP-issued e-mail addresses? Those are also ephemeral, for those who use them.

What about Yahoo! / Outlook.com / Gmail addresses? in the vast majority of cases people using those have no 'hold' on them and their accounts can be suspended at whim.

Domain-related addresses can be lost if the registry decides to hike the domain prices beyond affordability, such as with the 1000% increase in Uniregistry gTLDs later this year.

Where to draw the line? All e-mail addresses are temporary.

[jakebasile]

That makes sense, thanks. My line of thought was that if someone is using a disposable address they probably aren't going to respond to marketing anyways - they're just checking out your service.

[SparkyMcUnicorn]

Sometimes people use them for bots to create accounts.

[jakebasile]

Also makes sense. Thanks!

[XNOVRJ]

There's a reason I'm using a disposable address for your service. A much better user experience would be for you to allow me the option to try out your service before giving you my email.

[ythn]

How much does it cost to get my temp email service white listed?

[clusterman]

I'll never accept payment for those cases. It defeats the purpose.

[erelde]

Disposable email addresses exists precisely because we don't plan on returning. Some websites tried to block disposable addresses already, I just went somewhere else.

[lloydatkinson]

Then you are an arsehole, plain and simple.