How to Avoid Spam | Burner Email

Spam is rarely random. Most of it traces back to a moment you typed your real email address into a form. Here's how to stop feeding the machine. 1. Treat your real address like a phone number Only people and services you trust long-term get it: work, family, your bank. 2. Use a temporary address for everything one-off Downloads, trials, Wi-Fi portals, contests. A 24-hour burner address absorbs the follow-up marketing and then vanishes. This single habit prevents the majority of future spam. 3. Never unsubscribe from actual spam Unsubscribe links in legitimate newsletters are fine. In true spam, clicking "unsubscribe" confirms your address is alive and read — you'll get more, not less. Mark it as spam instead. 4. Don't display your address publicly Addresses posted on forums, comment sections, and personal websites get harvested by bots within days. 5. Check if you've been breached Services like Have I Been Pwned tell you if your address appeared in a data breach. If it did, expect spam forever on that address — consider it burned. 6. Layer your addresses Real address for people. A secondary free account for services you trust somewhat. Temporary addresses for everything else. Spam concentrates in the layers you can walk away from. Start the habit now — grab a free 24-hour address on the home page.