Craigslist offers an anonymous email to advertisers on the site, so they do not have to reveal their real email address. All replies sent to this anonymous email is forwarded to their actual email. This extra steps prevents others from having access to a poster's real address. Unfortunately, no such protection exists for those replying to posts. When you reply directly from Craigslist, your email address will be visible to the recipient. To reply anonymously, you need to create a free Web-based email address, which does not contain identifiable information.
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Go to a free Web-based email service, such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail.
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Choose to create a new account and follow the service's instructions. When creating your username, which is usually the first part of the email address, avoid using any identifiable information, especially your real name.
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Go to Craigslist.org and locate the ad you want.
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Click and drag your mouse over the email address to highlight the entire address.
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Hold the "Ctrl" key and press "C" to copy the address.
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Return to your new Web-based email account, choose to compose a new email and click in the "To" field. Hold the "Ctrl" key and press "V" to paste the address in the field.
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Compose your email and click "Send" to send your email anonymously.
