Bring Temporary Email Addresses to iPhone and iPad APPS
I have used Temporary Email Addresses for several yaars. I use them principally to foil those who sell my email address to brokers. Anytime I am asked to provide my email address to an entity than might be sketchy, I create a temporary email address for that specific transaction. Then, if i receive spam addressed to that temporary email address l have to do is delete it to end all the spam from businesses who purchased that address.
The other way i use Temporary Email Addresses is to defeat incompetent webmasters. I have had occasions when mail I should receive doesn't arrive and when I try to track down the problem I find that I can't place an order because I cnat access an account with that email address, because the password is invalid. When I try to reset the password, they the email address is invalid, and when i try to apply for an account, I can't because the email adress already exists. For that instance, Temporary Email addresses fills the bill.
I use a computer, the Apple Macbook. My wife gave up her computer (as many other people I know have) and now use exclusively their smartphones to transact all of their on line business. She has encountered exactly the instance I just described with the Catch-22 "we have no record of that email address" followed by you register under that email address because it is already in use."
I explained to her that a good way around the problem is the Temporary Email Address. When began to look for the path to do that on my iPad to show her how that is done, i hit the road block. I contacted Tech support and learned that it is not available except on computers. Could I create and delete new email addresses for her on my account. Yes, but think how cumbersome that is to forward emails to her. Could I log on to her account and do the same creation and deletion? Yes, at the sacrifice of her privacy.
I'm no tech guru, but I'm pretty convinced that the case against providing the full capability of YahooMailPlus on smartphones as on computers is completely achievable and the only thing it really takes is for Yahoo to Want to Do It as part of maintaining a competitive edge. Please move this forward and add Temporary Email Addresses to the Mailboxes menu on smartphones Desktop access.
Roger Rayburn
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