Analyzing Email Account Creation: Expectations vs Reality

Email is the most used mode of communication in the present era. Email account has now become our necessity. But question arises how efficient is our email service system? Is it efficient enough to trace out fake email accounts? In this paper, we focus on measuring the disparity between the desired and actual scenarios of creating a new email account. We present some deficiencies of the present email account creation system by any email service provider and discuss a previously unconsidered avenue by which a user can create any number of fake accounts without restriction. We present the results of our study on the most popular email service providers. We also outline our defense mechanisms to mitigate creation of fake email accounts and enhance security.