I just read that SPAM is getting 30 today. Congratulations!

On May 3rd, 1978, about 400 mailboxes got flooded by the first unsolicited email advertisement in history! According to heise.de it is estimated that the current spam volume is about 100 billion spam mails per year. The signal to noise ratio is as low as 15%.

Rather old, but I just read that Mailinator offers a bunch of alternate domains for its free, save from sign-up, and easy to use Spam-Mail service.

• anythingYouWant@PutThisInYourSpamDatabase.com
• anythingYouWant@ThisIsNotMyRealEmail.com
• anythingYouWant@binkmail.com
• anythingYouWant@SpamHerePlease.com
• anythingYouWant@SpamHereLots.com
• anythingYouWant@SendSpamHere.com
• anythingYouWant@chogmail.com
• anythingYouWant@SpamThisPlease.com
• anythingYouWant@frapmail.com
• anythingYouWant@obobbo.com
• anythingYouWant@devnullmail.com

This really comes handy, as anything@mailinator.com is usually blocked. Maybe they'll come up with some kind of random domains that change on a daily basis. Shouldn't be that expensive.

Usage: You don't need to sign up for this service. Just start using your address with some more or less random name in front of the "@". If you want to read your mail, go over to mailinator.com and enter that address. As no password is required, you shouldn't use this for sensitive information and I suggest using a random name that at least hide your login information and such.

Tip: They provide RSS-Feeds for your inbox, so you don't have to check your spambox every five minutes....