Should You Extend or Change Your Temporary Email?
Choose extension when you still need the same address and change only when you are ready to leave the current inbox.
Same task or a new task?
Extend when you still need the same address for the same unfinished task. Change the email only when you are ready to leave the current inbox and start a separate address context.
Extend preserves continuity
When a website already knows the current address and may send another message to it, extending avoids breaking that active flow.
Changing creates a fresh address context
A new temporary email is cleaner when the old task is finished or when you deliberately want separation. Changing while waiting for the old address can strand the verification step.
The decision rule
Same unfinished task: extend. Finished task or deliberate fresh start: change. Do not switch addresses while you are still waiting on the old one.
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