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Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by thfuran »

ben0x539 wrote: post #225
trelane wrote: post #171

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The "best" is when you can't even sign up without having an account at a Large Company e.g. gmail or outlook. I'm not sure what that's supposed to prevent issues with. Sure, you can add "+thing" after the username portion, but those that know this bog standard trick can still automatically derive your email address and get around your filters. At least with a dedicated username portion a human has to think for a seco…

> those that know this bog standard trick can still automatically derive your email address and get around your filters Not if you default the other way around and autodelete all mail that doesn't have a "+thing". :V

Which causes major problems with those sites that refuse to accept an address containing a "+".

Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by thfuran »

justsomehnguy wrote: post #247
stormbrew wrote: post #237

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I use myname-shortbusinessname@mydomain and once the delivery person for a pizza place i ordered from fairly regularly asked if i worked for the store somehow. I changed the email i used with them to one that was less obvious after that. Not as exciting as getting accused of trademark infringement, but it’s interesting how people interpret these things.

With all those similar stories I wonder why people even bothering with changing an email recipient when some random guy asks about it. Like... delivery guy asked and?..

And they don't want to keep having that conversation, presumably.

Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by aaaaaaaaata »

pengaru wrote: post #176
simmons wrote: post #93

I've been doing this for over 20 years, and it hasn't really been a problem. During the occasional real-life interaction that requires someone to confirm my address and they express surprise, I just tell them that it's correct and I have advanced email needs. It never takes more than a few seconds -- nobody has ever said "please tell me all about your advanced email needs!" :) > I use a password manager for passwords…

Yeah I don't understand what the kerfuffle is. Sometimes they express disbelief or surprise, but it's never been a problem beyond telling them "I control the whole domain, you get a special address so I know if your database gets hacked and/or my information sold via this channel" and that almost always results in the employee being interested in getting the same thing for themselves.

Do you live in a region where the majority of people are adept with a computer?

Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by trelane »

Semaphor wrote: post #202
trelane wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "best" is when you can't even sign up without having an account at a Large Company e.g. gmail or outlook. I'm not sure what that's supposed to prevent issues with. Sure, you can add "+thing" after the username portion, but those that know this bog standard trick can still automatically derive your email address and get around your filters. At least with a dedicated username portion a human has to think for a seco…

Which companies are those? Is there a list somewhere? The only time I ever encountered this was with AliExpress.

I don't recall. I've only encountered it once or twice.

Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by BatteryMountain »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #218

Been using a catch all email domain since 2005. I've not had any major issues with it. The entire "calling up and having to explain the username" thing is few and far between. Had that conversation in person and over the phone dozens of times, at most I get a little ask to verify I spoke correctly. Customer support doesn't care. They have people calling them up with an email address of "420hotcock69 at something dot…

Just never ever use social auths, ever. Can get royally screwed if the account gets locked down/deleted.

Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by MiddleEndian »

r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #267
kortilla wrote: post #256

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> Welcome to the 19th century! Which is when mail redirection to a new address was introduced in the UK. That’s not the same thing. Everyone still has your old address and you need to update it with them. Not terribly painful if you move once every 5 years. Pretty annoying and error prone if you move every 6 months.

Hence option 2 - the PO box.

I do this, any bureaucratic organization that I want to be able to reach me (very very few) gets my PO box, which has remained the same across three addresses.

Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by account42 »

rytis wrote: post #228

One problem I have with catchall is passing my emailadresses between "rings of trust". Example: say I have an email for close friends and family: me@example.com. Everywhere else I use spam @example.com. All's well, until some well wishing family member decides to give me a gift in a form of subscription, or something like that, and uses my email they know: me@example.com. And just like that the whole carefully built…

Maybe teach your friends not to leak your private data without your consent?

Re: Using a catch-all domain is a mistake

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Post by Samon »

bpye wrote: post #209
Semaphor wrote: post #202

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Which companies are those? Is there a list somewhere? The only time I ever encountered this was with AliExpress.

Did that change? My AliExpress account is using myname@mydomain.co.uk

From memory, AliExpress wouldn't accept aliexpress@mydomain.com, but ali_express@mydomain.com was fine.
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