A new, free Internet privacy service allows email users to
subscribe and participate in online discussions and services without
making themselves vulnerable to junk mail.
Launched by Mailshell, the service gives users the address
nojunk@mailshell.com to use when signing up for email or Web
services.
The company then creates a new, private and disposable proxy email
address called a mail shell, which basically serves to keep a user's
real address anonymous.
As every email address is unique to each subscription, tracking and
throttling the source of spam in the future is made easier.
Further, the company said the address could be set to expire
automatically at a set date.
Mailshell said it would promote the new technology to make it available
through open-source code.
"Users can unsubscribe easily. Mailshell's advanced filtering technology
is able to automatically and accurately identify and categorise incoming
emails. If users do not like what they are receiving, Mailshell will
stop it instantly and permanently. Users are more organised, have more
control and are more productive," the company said.
