Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:
2021: Techbro cold emails me about his startup using a unique email address generated on my website.
2024: Getting spammed at that specific address.
I report it. Email provider abuse dept says they're investigating, as they require opt in.
I sent them the 2021 email and web logs from bro's visit.
Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:
Do not spam an ex-sysadmin who was responsible for email servers in the mid 2000s.
deutrino
@ryanc get his ass
Fish of Rage
Fish of Rage
deutrino
@sun do you use plus-addressing for uniqueness or do you have a better solution? @ryanc
Eliot Lash
@deutrino @sun @ryanc There is a free service for making burner self-destructing forwarding emails at https://www.spamgourmet.com that's been around for a long time. I use it sometimes but honestly Gmail spam filtering is so good nowadays I haven't bothered much unless it's something sketchy.
Nudhul
Fish of Rage
SpaceLifeForm
Did the opt-in requirement come into existence post 2021 ?
Fish of Rage
deutrino
@sun @ryanc kinda thinking I should get a domain solely for email and do exactly this, I don't have a catch-all currently so I use plus addressing which is not great
Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:
@SpaceLifeForm email service providers have required opt in for a long time
Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:
@Eliot_L @deutrino @sun@shitposter.world I have a similar feature set to what spamgormet offers configured on my own mail server.
I also have support for + addressing in some cases, but I can implement whatever I want.
I do not in most cases use + addressing because the extension can be stripped/altered.
For most things, I use aliases that include a random value to prevent my email addresses from being guessed.
deutrino
@Eliot_L that's a pretty cool service, do they have a bunch of domains or just the one? @sun @ryanc
Eliot Lash
@deutrino @sun @ryanc I'm only aware of the one domain. It's an old service that's been operating continuously since the year 2000, I don't know if multiple domains were really trendy back then.
Eliot Lash
@deutrino @sun @ryanc Also I should mention this works like a + alias, you don't need to log in to their site more than once ever to use it. If I were to write an email address like myalias.1.myusername@spamgourmet.com it will forward one email to me and then shut down. You can allow up to 20 emails this way, or log into their dashboard to add a sender to an allow-list so their emails won't increment the counter.
Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:
@deutrino @sun@shitposter.world running an actual catch-all will trigger anti-fraud systems sometimes, and yes they can and will check.
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