They work by giving you a random email address that is available for a short time (ex. 10min) and an inbox for any messages you recieve during that time (ex. an email verification message from a Lemmy server)

I didn’t want to recommend a specific one, however Googling “temporary email” should give you several options to choose from.

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    Just don’t ever forget your password to said Lemmy instance because you won’t be able to reset it.

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      Also be aware that sometimes the decision to reset the password is not done on your side. Sometimes due to attacks or similar website owners might decide a forced reset and that might require the email.

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        I had a scare when i went to setup 2fa, I guess i only copied the last digits of the link thinking all I needed were the numbers and then I couldnt sign in, luckily I still had an open tab with my account signed in and was able to redo the 2fa before being completely signed out, with no email on the account I would have had to start over

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        When I first set up my password DB I forgot my master password. Fortunately that didn’t happen on my second. I still have the locked first db.

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        Many people don’t like putting their eggs in one basket. Which I get. But imo as long as you’re properly securing everything as well as you can, most decent passwords managers are trustworthy enough.