We have all found ourselves in the situation of having to register on certain websites where it is necessary to provide an email account. The bad thing is that later we will have to see how our inbox is filled with all kinds of newsletter or directly spam on a regular basis .
To avoid this situation, last week we brought you a guide to start working with a famous anonymous mail service called YOPmail. As we already know, from YOPMail we will be able to create temporary email accounts in a matter of seconds and without having to do any type of registration or add passwords. Of course, the email accounts created with YOPMail will be valid for eight days and during that time we can access them from their own website.
Today we are going to delve into the deepest secrets of this very useful service with the ultimate goal of exploring all its possibilities, which are not few.
Random temporary mail generator
If we have already handled something with YOPmail, we will know that, to start using it, we will first have to create an account. To do this, simply write a name of our choice in the yellow box that you will see in the central left part of the YOPmail home page .
Now, if we do not want to spend our time thinking of an original and unique name for an account that we are hardly going to use, or because we cannot think of anything directly, then we will use the "Random temporary email generator" option .
In this way, we will access a new page where the YOPmail system itself will automatically give us a name for the temporary mail . We will not waste a second, and we will immediately access the YOPmail inbox by clicking on the button that says "Check Mail".
Alternate domains
Once the account with YOPmail is created, we will have a free way to start enjoying its functions. One of its strengths is the ability to bypass the limitations that (im) put some websites (like Facebook) on the use of temporary emails . You can check it yourself. If we try to open an account on a certain website, it may block registration if our email has the extension yopmail.com.
Thank God there is a solution, as with almost everything. If we go to the option "Substitute domains", located in the same home page of the web, we will see several options to choose different domains or with another extension . We will verify that there are indeed alternative domains that can be used: @ yopmail.fr, @ yopmail.net, @ cool.fr.nf, @ jetable.fr.nf, @ nospam.ze.tc ... You can consult the entire list on the web.
We even have the option to add our own domain , as indicated here. In this way, we will avoid unforeseen events such as those described above.
Alternative addresses within YOPmail
The biggest problem with YOPmail is that all created email addresses are open. This means that we should not use a too common name, since, otherwise, our inbox can be exposed to any user . If someone enters our temporary email address in YOPmail they will be able to access without any problem.
With this in mind, and in order to improve the security of our temporary email, YOPmail automatically generates an alternative address for each inbox .
As we can see in the example, the account [email protected] has an alias for its inbox which is [email protected] . Any mail sent to this second address (or alias) will be automatically forwarded to the original YOPmail inbox. In this way, the inbox of the alternate temporary email account will always remain empty.
Change the language of the platform
More than a trick in itself, it is about the possibility that YOPmail offers to be able to use it in up to 9 different languages. Namely: English, Spanish, German, French, Mandarin, Polish, Italian, Ukrainian and Russian .
All of them are at our disposal in the upper right margin of the home page. We just have to click on each of the flags to select our preferred language. One thing is clear, we will not be left without using Yopmail services because of the language barrier.
Chat Service
This trick involves agreeing with another known user to speak through the temporary email provider. To do this, we must know their real address, and he / she yours, to start receiving and sending messages with that person as if it were a chat .
Use of browser plugins
Another possibility offered by having a Yopmail account is to be able to install small plugins in the browsers that we have as favorites. It does not matter if it is Opera, Firefox or Explorer. What will we achieve with this? We can access our YopMail account from our browser.
To do this, we just have to go to the top of the home and click on "Plugins" . From there we will have all the information for the facilities depending on the browser we use. The plugin will be added to the list of search engines (top right), if we are Mozilla or Internet Explorer users.
In the case of Opera, we will also have a widget available, through which if we press the «lightning» key , temporary email accounts will be generated automatically . These can be used by pressing the «MailBox» key, which will cause the browser to open a new address and set the temporary email that YOPmail has created.
As we have seen, YOPmail is as simple as it is useful . A highly recommended option for specific moments such as registration in forums and as a spam container. Obviously, it should never be our main account, but it does not hurt to know its possibilities in the event that we need it at some point.