Responsible Use Policy: What We Don’t Support (Abuse Prevention)

What This Policy Covers

This Responsible Use Policy applies to all use of our website, domains, generated addresses, and any related interfaces. It covers attempted misuse as well as successful misuse. It also covers behavior that targets other people or services, including actions that disrupt the integrity, security, or availability of third parties.

When we say “we don’t support” certain activity, that means we may take action such as limiting features, blocking access, restricting address generation, filtering delivery, or cooperating with appropriate legal processes where required.

Core Principle

Temporary email exists to reduce exposure of your personal inbox. It is not a mechanism to bypass rules, violate laws, or cause harm. If your intent requires deception, harassment, exploitation, or interference with other systems, you should assume it is not permitted.

We design our product around a “privacy-first, abuse-resistant” posture: protect legitimate users while applying reasonable technical controls to reduce misuse.

Prohibited Uses (What We Don’t Support)

1) Spam, Unsolicited Messaging, and Distribution Campaigns

Our service is receive-focused and intended for personal inbox protection. We do not support using our domains or addresses to facilitate spam campaigns, bulk distribution, unsolicited promotions, affiliate flooding, or automated sign-up loops intended to amplify marketing reach.

• Creating large numbers of addresses to mass-register on third-party sites.
• Using automation to generate high-volume sign-ups or referral abuse.
• Any pattern designed to overwhelm or distort another platform’s messaging systems.

2) Fraud, Scams, Impersonation, and Deceptive Activity

We do not support using temporary email for fraud or scams, including impersonation of individuals, businesses, or institutions. This includes any attempt to trick others into sending money, credentials, personal information, or access to accounts.

• Account takeover attempts, credential stuffing, or social engineering.
• Creating accounts to misrepresent identity, employment, or affiliation.
• Using disposable addresses as part of a scheme to evade chargebacks or refunds fraudulently.

3) Harassment, Threats, or Targeted Abuse

Privacy tools must not become harassment tools. We do not support using disposable email to stalk, threaten, intimidate, bully, or repeatedly target individuals or groups. If a behavior would be harmful or abusive with a normal email address, it is also harmful here.

• Coordinated harassment or repeated abusive sign-ups against a target.
• Threatening messages, hate-based targeting, or doxxing-related activity.
• Any attempt to use email workflows to pressure or intimidate others.

4) Malware, Phishing, and Harmful Content

We do not support using our infrastructure to distribute malware, phishing links, malicious attachments, or content intended to compromise devices, accounts, or networks. This includes facilitating “drop” workflows where disposable inboxes are used to validate accounts that later distribute harmful content.

• Links or attachments that attempt to install or deliver malicious software.
• Phishing pages designed to harvest passwords, OTP codes, or financial information.
• Campaigns that rely on disposable emails to rotate identities and evade detection.

5) Evasion of Security Controls or Platform Policies

We do not support activity intended to bypass the security controls, eligibility rules, or enforcement actions of other services. That includes behavior designed to circumvent bans, rate limits, account age requirements, identity checks, or “one user per account” policies.

• Repeated account creation to evade suspensions or blocks.
• Using disposable emails to exploit free trials or promotional credits unfairly.
• Deliberate bypass of anti-abuse mechanisms or verification requirements.

6) Illegal Activity and High-Risk Transactions

We do not support using disposable email as an enabling layer for illegal activity. This includes activity that is unlawful in your jurisdiction or in the jurisdiction where services are targeted. It also includes transactions or workflows that create heightened risk of harm to others.

• Facilitating the sale or distribution of illegal goods or services.
• Money laundering attempts, fraudulent payment activity, or identity fraud.
• Coordination of criminal activity or concealment of criminal proceeds.

7) Exploitation, Abuse of Minors, or Sexual Harm

We do not support any form of exploitation, sexual harm, or content involving minors. This is strictly prohibited. Any credible indication of such activity may result in immediate action, including account restrictions and cooperation with appropriate legal reporting requirements.

8) Attacks on Infrastructure and Service Integrity

We do not support attempting to disrupt, probe, or compromise our service or any third-party systems. That includes denial-of-service behavior, scanning, exploitation attempts, and abuse of endpoints.

• Automated scraping that degrades service performance.
• Attempting to bypass safeguards, access controls, or rate limits.
• Using our service as part of a coordinated attack or testing without permission.

What We Do Support (Legitimate Use Examples)

To be clear, we support normal privacy-driven use. Examples include:

• Protecting your primary inbox from marketing spam.
• Signing up for a low-stakes service you may not keep long-term.
• Receiving verification emails while testing a product or QA flow.
• Reading a one-time confirmation link for a newsletter or forum.
• Reducing data sharing when you do not want long-term email tracking.

Responsible use means the intent is personal protection and convenience, not harm or evasion.

How We Prevent Abuse

Abuse prevention is an ongoing process. We use a combination of technical controls and operational review to limit misuse while maintaining service quality for legitimate users. Controls may include:

• Rate limiting to reduce automation and bulk behavior.
• Heuristics and anomaly detection to identify patterns associated with abuse campaigns.
• Domain reputation monitoring to reduce impact from known high-risk sources.
• Filtering and content checks for obviously malicious or exploit-oriented payloads.
• Abuse reporting workflows that allow us to investigate credible complaints.

No system is perfect. Our goal is to apply reasonable safeguards that reduce misuse without punishing normal users.

Enforcement: What Happens if Misuse Is Detected

When we detect or reasonably suspect prohibited use, we may take one or more actions depending on severity, confidence, and risk. Actions may include:

• Temporary throttling or restriction of access.
• Blocking specific IP ranges, user agents, or automation signatures.
• Restricting address generation or limiting domain availability.
• Filtering or dropping delivery associated with abusive patterns.
• Permanent bans for repeated or severe violations.

In cases involving credible threats, exploitation, or illegal activity, we may preserve limited technical logs consistent with our privacy practices and respond to valid legal requests where applicable.

Privacy and Data Handling (Abuse Context)

We aim to protect legitimate users and minimize unnecessary data retention. However, abuse prevention requires some visibility into patterns that indicate misuse. We may use short-lived operational data such as rate-limit counters, aggregated telemetry, and security signals to keep the service stable and safe.

We do not encourage users to rely on temporary email as a tool for sensitive, long-term account recovery. If you need guaranteed access to messages later, you should use an address you control.

Third-Party Services and Their Rules

Many websites prohibit disposable email addresses in their terms. We respect the reality that third-party platforms have their own policies, eligibility requirements, and security controls. If a third-party service blocks temporary email domains, you should not attempt to bypass their restrictions through deception or automation.

Responsible use includes respecting the policies of services you interact with.

Reporting Abuse

If you believe our domains or service are being used for harmful activity, you can report it through our support channel. Please include the relevant details you can safely share, such as the domain involved, timestamps, message headers (if available), and a clear description of the harm observed.

We prioritize reports involving malware, phishing, exploitation, credible threats, and large-scale fraud patterns. We may request additional context when necessary to validate the report and reduce false positives.

Policy Updates

Abuse patterns evolve, and so will our safeguards and policies. We may update this Responsible Use Policy to reflect changes in security risks, operational needs, and legal requirements. Continued use of the service indicates your agreement to follow the most current version of this policy.

Bottom Line

Temporary email can be a legitimate privacy layer when used responsibly. We do not support spam, fraud, harassment, malware distribution, evasion of platform controls, or any activity that harms others. Our goal is to keep the service reliable for normal users while applying strong abuse prevention measures against misuse.

If you are unsure whether a planned activity is acceptable, choose the safer path: protect your inbox, respect other services’ rules, and avoid any behavior that depends on deception or harm.