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A little trick to spam the spammers (2021)

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Re: A little trick to spam the spammers (2021)

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I basically do this too, though I just put in some random gibberish (or "admin" or "info" or something) before the domain. I figure they probably have some catchall email address, and if not, nothing wasted

On the other hand, if you do want a one-time piece of email, but don't want to be subscribed to a mailing list, check out sharklasers.com. It's a free temporary email service that works pretty well

Re: A little trick to spam the spammers (2021)

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The trick works in analog too. Just stuff the pre-paid business reply mail with other junk mail.

And by visiting just about any large IT-related convention you can easily collect a hundred or more pre-paid business reply mail cards.

At least that's what a friend told me. ;)

Re: A little trick to spam the spammers (2021)

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post #8

I've been entering in short complaints as email addresses for a while now. My hope is that the right person will see "whythehhellwouldisignupforyournewsletterafter10seconds@nevercoming.back" and get the message.

I run an email marketing database. You might be pleased to know we keep a little "wall of honor" of the best fake emails we've been given.
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