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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Great web sites for surfers #130820 07/28/2004 4:54 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Have you ever wanted to get something from a web site but been unwilling to go through all their hassles with registration. Then this site's for you: http://www.bugmenot.com It has access names and passwords for over 18000 websites. When you want an article from the NY Times (Jackie, are you listening? At least I think it was Jackie) all you have to do is go to bugmenot, get the userid and password, and you own the site. The other one is a bit more subtle. but also potentially as useful. There are times when someone wants your email to send you something but you are uncomfortable passing out the one you use all the time lest it end up on a spam list. Make up an email address with the extension @mailinator.com and give it to the person asking. To get your mail just go to http://www.mailinator.com and type in the userid you made up. Mailinator automatically opens an account when it receives mail if it doesn't have an account there already with that name. And you just go retreive your mail! I haven't tried mailinator, though I will when I get finished posting this, but I did try bugmenot.com and it works. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Great web sites for surfers #130821 07/28/2004 5:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Thanks, TEd. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Great web sites for surfers #130822 07/28/2004 5:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York This is great stuff! But what do they get out of it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Great web sites for surfers #130823 07/28/2004 6:10 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US <go to bugmenot,get the userid, and you own the site.> Hey Ted, bugmenot is buggin' me. Maybe I'm denser than most. I create my account, with name and password. Next I enter the URL of a site I want to reach. Then the only place to click is Show Logins. How do I get to the site I want? slithy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Great web sites for surfers #130824 07/28/2004 7:21 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass they purposely make the sites non-clickable, to foil referral detection of their own site I imagine. you prolly captured the url you wanted to access in the first place, so just note the id and password (always identical??) and plug the url back in to your browser and GO. and what do they gain? well, it could be a scam; or they could be after Fame and Fortune (Google started in a dorm room, you'll recall). p.s. - you should check out their FAQ. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Great web sites for surfers #130825 07/28/2004 8:07 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US Flatlander addict Flatlander addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US TEd, Bugmenot and Mailinator both sit next to each other on my Links toolbar, and are often used. Mailinator works great, especially for signing up for those sites that require a valid email, as they send a confirmation message to that address before you are signed up. Slithy, the easiest way to use Bugmenot is to use the "bookmarklet" they have created. Drag it to your Bookmarks menu, and when you are on the registration page for a site, click on the "bookmarklet" and it will open up a new window with (at least) one ID and password for the site you are currently on. I've been an evangelist for these two ingenious sites for months now, and it is good to hear word is starting to spread. 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