How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90%

Re:How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90% by markokocic on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @03:44AM (#3620017)

Facebook now requires your phone number in order to register. Have a way to use fake phone too?

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Re:How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90% by lambada on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @04:32AM (#3620136)

I'm fairly certain this is untrue. Looking at the signup form, all I can see is name, email, password, birthdate and gender. They may ask for it later, but that almost certainly is optional.

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Re:How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90% by zizee on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @10:45PM (#3623692)

This is sort of true. If you want to use the account as a developer account you have to register your phone number. Also probably to advertise.

I recently wanted to create an "Admin" account for a client I was developing a web-app for as I didn't want to link my personal facebook account to my work. But with the phone number requirement the account got flagged and rejected from the system.

Frustrating!

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Re:How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90% by morsch on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @06:26AM (#3620428)

There are SIP providers which offer phone numbers on their free tiers. But I'm sure they would appreciate registering throwaway accounts even less than Facebook and its ilk.

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Re:How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90% by DennisP on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @06:25AM (#3620426)

If that's true, a $15 tracfone takes care of it.

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Re:How Mailinator compresses its email stream by 90% by markokocic on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @07:02AM (#3620511)

Sorry, but fake facebook account isn't worth that much. YMMV.

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