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Post by apexalpha » Thu, Feb 07, 2019, 10:23 AM UTC

jake_the_third wrote: post #176

dsl wrote: post #152

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I've built a few registration systems and always normalize email addresses (remove local part, de-dot gmail addresses) at signup and login. It helps users who keep trying bobjones@gmail.com when they signed up with bob.jones@gmail.com. Also is pretty good at preventing mass signups using tricks like this.

How do you know where the local part starts? Google uses '+' but nothing stops you from using '-' as a delimiter if you're running your own servers. Also, how do you deal with spam filters that are designed to spam anything without a local part? Or is this only done to "well-known" domains like gmail.com?

Post by Semaphor » Thu, Feb 07, 2019, 11:04 AM UTC

ficklepickle wrote: post #124

sixdimensional wrote: post #103

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Same here. I've also received legal and tax documents, invitations to bachelor parties, draft scripts for motion pictures, medical records and offers to buy my multi-million dollar house in Florida (hint, I don't have one, but somebody with the same name does).

OnStar, some similar VW service, lots of phone contracts, legitimate job offers. I texted a guy once and asked him if he enjoyed his chipotle burrito. It's bizarre. The people using "fake" gmail addresses don't seem to realize it is used by somebody else. They are lucky I'm not malicious. Edit: mine is a first name and a number

Post by BenjiWiebe » Thu, Feb 07, 2019, 5:57 PM UTC

trumped wrote: post #175

neals wrote: post #69

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Until you take a look at your spamfolder to see who's been selling you e-mail address.

most spammers use bcc, no?

Post by vsl » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 7:08 AM UTC

ian0 wrote: post #165

colechristensen wrote: post #164

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At this point I feel like I've shared a life with some of the others at this point. There are several people who share my name who continually give out my address. I get school closings, invites to pie socials at churches, family pictures, conservative newsletters, and much more. Once I was told about "my" enlistment in the reserves of some armed service. That one I replied to and got a very polite response from some…

ha! Same here. I was sent notifications from a military application once (seemed to be some SAP style system). I responded to a CCd email and they politely responded and corrected the address. The others are more mundane. Mailing lists with dirty jokes from a group of american dentist friends. School notifications from a guy in the UK. Random baby pics. Im not sure if there are lots of people with the same name who o…

Post by acct1771 » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 6:59 PM UTC

groestl wrote: post #142

ixwt wrote: post #52

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This is a poor way to track who is selling your contact details. It's trivial to strip + aliases from a list.

But it's a good way to track who accidentially leaked your contact details.