US Patent 7546349 Automatic generation of disposable e-mail addresses

Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for automatically generating disposable e-mail addresses. A method embodiment for generating disposable e-mail addresses comprises: monitoring (310) network traffic; detecting (320) the submission of a un-aliased e-mail address to a network destination; seeking (460) authorization to create a disposable e-mail address; creating (375) a disposable e-mail address; associating (380) the newly created disposable e-mail address with the corresponding network destination; and replacing (385) the un-aliased e-mail address with the disposable e-mail address.