Slopsbox – Disposable free E-mail service from Pirate Bay crew

There’s quite a lot of buzz on the web about VideoBay, the latest project launched by the crew behind world’s largest BitTorrent tracker. This post however is not about VideoBay but about another lesser known service launched by TPB crew; Slopsbox. Apparently TPB are not only capable of giving the finger to anti piracy groups but also of fighting E-mail spam too. Slopsbox is a free E-mail service which has some unique characteristics. Slopsbox addresses are disposable – you can instantly create one, use it and then forget all about it without having to worry about getting spammed.

How you can use Slopsbox is  explained in detail on the service’s homepage. Part of the description is quoted below:

When someone asks for your e-mail address, give them anything@slopsbox.com (or one of the other add-on domain names). You can replace "anything" with, well anything, i.e. douglas@slopsbox.com, asdfasdf@slopsbox.com or arrgh@slopsbox.com. Get the mail sent to the address you picked by entering the address in the field above and login.

Voila! There you have your spam, served cold. However, you can't get any attachments and mail is automatically deleted after 24 hours.

I’ve found Slopsbox pretty useful when signing up for unknown/random sites which require E-mail confirmation. Just provide an @slopsbox address, get the confirmation mail and forget about it. You wouldn't have to worry even if the site is used for E-mail account harvesting by spamming whackjobs.

However keep in mind that you won’t be able to (and you shouldn’t) use @slopbox addresses permanently. And be aware that anyone who knows the first part of the address will also be able to check the inbox as there is no password requirement.

[Click Here] to visit Slopsbox homepage

Avoid spam E-Mail with Spamihilator 0.9.9.44

Spam E-mail is a problem almost every user faces. There are many anti spam applications around but most of these are bulky, resource consuming or are ineffective at catching spam. Spamihilator is a lightweight but effective tool to combat junk E-mail which I've been using with good results. It runs in the background and supports a number of E-Mail clients including Outlook, Thunderbird and Eudora.

One of the best things about Spamihilator is it’s ‘learning’ mail filter. The more you use this application, the more good it will become at catching spam. Check it out.

Developer Description

Spamihilator works between your E-Mail client and the Internet and examines every incoming E-Mail. Useless spam mails (Junk) will be filtered out. This process runs completely in the background. The new Learning Filter (Bayesian Filter) uses the rules of Thomas Bayes (English mathematician, 18th century) and calculates a certain Spam-Probability for every E-Mail. You can train this filter! So it will know your messages even better than you. Hence the recognition rate will continuously increase. In addition Spamihilator uses a Word-Filter, that searches messages for known keywords. Of course, Spamihilator supports Plugins. These useful additional filters protect your system against annoying spam mails. The program works with almost every E-Mail client, such as Outlook 2000/XP/2003/Express, Eudora, Mozilla, Netscape, IncrediMail, Pegasus Mail, Phoenix Mail, Opera, etc...

Download

Spamihilator is freeware. It’s only around 2MB in file size so even dial up or low bandwidth users should have no problem downloading this one.

[Click Here] to download Spamihilator 0.9.9.44 from official page.

YPOPs! - Get POP access for Yahoo! Mail without paid subscription

Although many people love Yahoo! Mail for its sleek interface and rich set of features, the fact that it doesn't allow POP3 access to its mail servers (unless ones has a paid subscription) has always been a problem for many. This is where YPOPs! comes in. YPOPs! runs in the background of your computer and simulates POP access so you can download your Yahoo email to you desktop email client such as Microsoft Outlook 2007, Windows Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.

You can read a step by step guide to download and configure YPOPs! for your mail client here.

7 alternatives to Microsoft Outlook [ E-Mail client collection]

Microsoft Outlook is probably the most powerful and feature rich e-mail program out there. But there are many alternatives that may suit you better than Outlook. For example, as a home user you may prefer the cool looking smiley's and backgrounds of IncrediMail Xe rather than the dull interface of Outlook. The torrent featured in this post brings together a total of 7 such e-mail clients with unique features.

Apps included

• Becky Internet Mail v2.30.01
• Direct Mail Robot v1.2 Build 122
• Incredi Mail Complete Gold Gallery
• Incredi Mail Xe Premium v5.68 Build 3265
• Kristanix Email Sender Deluxe v1.1.2
• Smart Serial Mail v4.2.2.33
• Talking E-mail v4.06

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Gmail: Tools, FireFox Plugins, Scripts, Tips and Tricks

Gmail, Google's revolutionary free e-mail service now accepts signup request from anyone. It's no longer invitation based and one can simply login to www.gmail.com, fill a form and signup for a new Gmail account. Here are a few tools and plugins which will be useful if you are a Gmail user.

• Gmail adress book exporter: Export your Gmail contact to multiple output formats and use them with other applications such as Outlook 2007. (Requires Java Runtime)
• Gmail icon generator - Create a cool graphic which includes your e-mail address and Google logo. This also minimizes exposure to spam.
• Disable Gmail Ads - A custom CSS Stylesheet which disables Gmail text ads.
• Google Talk - Instant messenger from Google. Use your Gmail username and password to login.
• GMail RSS Feeds - Retrieve notifications of new mail through RSS feed. (PHP Script)
• Gmail Notifier- Receive notifications in your desktop when you receive mail. Official product by Google.
• Gmail Notifier FireFox Extension- Install an icon on your FireFox toolbar that displays new messages in Gmail account.
• GMNotifier - A more configurable and feature rich version (unofficial). Requires .NET Framework.
• Gmailit - Send the current page you are viewing to someone using Gmail.
• Gmail-to - Double clicking a mailto: (email hyperlink) link automatically loads Gmail.
• gExodus - Import email from other sources to Gmail.
• Gmail-to- Compose email from any page.
• GTray - Another Gmail notification application similar to Gmail notifier.
• Gmail Mobile- Check Gmail from any mobile phone via http://m.gmail.com
• GMail Drive Shell Extension - Save and retrieve files stored in your Gmail account directly from a explorer shell extension. (You can use your storage space as a virtual drive)
• Gmail as Backup - Backup your critical data to the Gmail storage space (PHP Script).
• GFile - More user friendly script for 'Gmail as Backup'.
• Google Toolbar - Allows one click Gmail search plus many more features.
• Gmail Search Extension - Search Gmail through the Firefox search bar.(Firefox Extension)
• Gmail Tray - Search Gmail from Windows Taskbar.
• G2G Share - Share files in your Gmail account.
• GSuite - Access and use Gmail from a mini browser in System Tray.
• gmail copy - Copy files and retrieve files from Gmail using a command line utility.
• Gmail Image Viewer (beta) - View inline image attachments (Internet Explorer add on)
• Gmail Gems - A cool blog which includes many tips and tricks that help use Gmail effectively and efficiently.
• Picasa integration - use Picasa (Google's Photo Editor) to attach and send photos from your Gmail account
• Gmail as a journal - Use Gmail account as your journal. Set different labels to distinguish between mails and journal entries.
• Skin Gmail - Use a custom .CSS Stylesheet within FireFox to change the look and feel of Gmail.

EnJoY!