Long time back I used to use a spam email whenever I needed one. Then services started declining emails from those services, so I made a temp Gmail I used for everything. But I’m not comfortable with how much I use that.
Sign up for a domain at a registrar and get hosted email. Setup a catchall address (as in anything @yourcomain.com gets delivered. Make up addresses as needed. By setting to companyyouresigningupwith@yourdomain.com each time you know which companies sold your info.
I’ll just add heavy emphasis to properly configure this, because otherwise anyone can use your domain as a catch-all host.
Which is how scammers hijack domains for sending spam and other content.
I think you’re thinking of an open relay, not a catchall mailbox.
How about duckduckgo’s email alias service? It allows you to send and receive without exposing your actual email.
What might be a deal-breaker is that you can only reply to others’ emails, others must send something to the
@duck.comaddress firstYou don’t need to wait.
The format is
address_at_provider.com_id@duck.comfor sending emails.
The absolute best way costs a small amount of money.
First get a hosting plan. DreamHost has the “Shared Unlimited” plan for $13/mo. (Cheaper the first year, and cheaper if you pay for 1yr. or 3yrs.).
Next get a domain name. I recommend NameCheap. This costs like $14/yr. Most (but not all) domains have free anonymized registration.
You can then either use the mailbox space on your hosting or create forwarders to something like FastMail or Proton. Just make a new something@example.com address each time you need one. Blackhole it if it gets too much spam.
And if that’s too many steps, Fastmail already has the ability to create masked emails!
