Comments on: Akapost Offers Email Proxying http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/12/akapost-email-proxying/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John Minkis http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/12/akapost-email-proxying/#comment-302464 John Minkis Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:20:09 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3305#comment-302464 I think a lot of people misunderstood akapost. It's NOT an anti-spam solution. It's for email identity protection. akapost provides a simple way to handle it. Yes, you can get same result by using a secondary mailbox account. But you have to switch them back and forth when you need to send emails. akapost allows you to send and receive emails from the same mailbox but presents different email identities (not just email address). Gmail "+" sign method is not real email address mask method. If you check the message headers or read Gmail help center note, you will know they still use your default email address to send your emails. akapost is NOT another disposal email address providers. It works completely different. I think a lot of people misunderstood akapost. It’s NOT an anti-spam solution. It’s for email identity protection. akapost provides a simple way to handle it. Yes, you can get same result by using a secondary mailbox account. But you have to switch them back and forth when you need to send emails. akapost allows you to send and receive emails from the same mailbox but presents different email identities (not just email address). Gmail “+” sign method is not real email address mask method. If you check the message headers or read Gmail help center note, you will know they still use your default email address to send your emails.

akapost is NOT another disposal email address providers. It works completely different.

]]> By: Sam http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/12/akapost-email-proxying/#comment-302215 Sam Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:38:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3305#comment-302215 I'm shocked that EndJunk only claims 20,000+ users. To clarify, what their service allows you to do is setup your own email "sub-domain" with email addresses that might look like <i>anyaddress</i>@username.endjunk.com. Furthermore, these beauties can be created on the fly from anywhere. I’m shocked that EndJunk only claims 20,000+ users. To clarify, what their service allows you to do is setup your own email “sub-domain” with email addresses that might look like anyaddress@username.endjunk.com. Furthermore, these beauties can be created on the fly from anywhere.

]]> By: Sam http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/12/akapost-email-proxying/#comment-302214 Sam Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:32:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3305#comment-302214 <a href="http://www.endjunk.com/" title="EndJunk.com" rel="nofollow">EndJunk</a> has been around for years, and works great. (Note, I haven't used it recently, but it buffered my Hotmail account for a long time until I moved to Gmail.) Gmail users can also perform a similar function by adding "+<i>anything</i>" in their email address between the username and @gmail.com. However, not all web forms will allow + signs in email addresses. EndJunk has been around for years, and works great. (Note, I haven’t used it recently, but it buffered my Hotmail account for a long time until I moved to Gmail.)

Gmail users can also perform a similar function by adding “+anything” in their email address between the username and @gmail.com. However, not all web forms will allow + signs in email addresses.

]]> By: Peter http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/12/akapost-email-proxying/#comment-302114 Peter Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:49:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3305#comment-302114 What is the point of this service? I thought it was going to provide DEAs, but it just masks one email address with another. The person receiving the message still has a valid email address to contact you at and one you can get spammed at. You have no idea how your akapost email address will get spread around, nor can you "turn it off" like a real DEA. Why not just get a separate Gmail address if you don't want to give out your "real" email address? What is the point of this service?

I thought it was going to provide DEAs, but it just masks one email address with another. The person receiving the message still has a valid email address to contact you at and one you can get spammed at.

You have no idea how your akapost email address will get spread around, nor can you “turn it off” like a real DEA.

Why not just get a separate Gmail address if you don’t want to give out your “real” email address?

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