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On today's forums and other user content-based sites, most require that you provide an E-Mail address upon sign-up. After you provide an E-Mail, you are generally required to visit the E-Mail and click on a "validation link" before you can post.

The reasons are sometimes obscure, but generally understandable:
- Spam prevention. Most people have only a handful of E-Mail addresses at most, so this limits the amount of accounts they can create when spamming, and allows removal of content by E-Mail rather quickly.
- Password Recovery. It's only human to forget, and because of this, sites often can E-Mail a reminder, or a new password.
- Updates and information. Many sites support E-Mail notification when a new message is in your inbox, new topics are made, or wh...

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 7:10:00 AM #17733

Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,307 Submissions: 38	Interesting read. I always use hidemyass' anonymous and disposable email accounts if i think i might be spammed or something.