> > I treat it as a back-end mailbox for my own smtp server. 100% of email > that reaches my gmail
box without going to another address at my mail server first is spam. I used a similar flow a few years ago that worked until I made the mistake of signing into some service using "Sign in with Google" and then it was all down-hill from there. Within a few months I found myself on customer lists that I hadn't signed up for, and my spam folder grew as well. YMMV, but that was my culprit. - Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.sc...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 8:15 AM J. Hellenthal via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > Hey google, siri, or Alexa phoning home and your information put into a > local database as a new person in the area for which they have bought your > address.... I could believe that. > > -- > J. Hellenthal > > The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says > a lot about anticipated traffic volume. > > > On Sep 14, 2020, at 13:33, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > > > Howdy, > > > > I've noticed something odd. When I lived in Virginia, I started > > receiving email directly to my gmail box from my U.S. Representative. > > Unsolicited spam from Congressmen is nothing new but it was a little > > odd that they found my gmail box (which I don't give out) and not one > > of the hundreds of aliases at herrin.us or dirtside.com which I do > > give out. The gmail box exists only in mail headers; "From" is always > > a different address. > > > > I moved to Seattle. Today I found my grmail box subscribed to a > > congressman's list from a nearby Washington jurisdiction. Not some > > random congressman. And not any of the addresses I give out; my gmail > > box's address which I don't. > > > > Anyone else have a similar experience? Any idea how a hidden address > > is making it on to relevant congressmens' lists but not any others? > > That's weird right? > > > > Regards, > > Bill Herrin > > > > -- > > William Herrin > > b...@herrin.us > > https://bill.herrin.us/ >