On 2018-08-29 05:41:33 (+0200), John Levine wrote:
In article <23nbod1hoj7v3puc1clpfrm4rtjuf6s...@honet.com> you write:
I would also point out that seeing differences between mailbox
providers in this instance is not really a surprise.
You would be amazed, or maybe not, how many people with names similar
to mine wrongly believe that my gmail account is their account.
I receive a lot of email for other people named Philip at philip@
addresses in several domains.
One particular philip@ address, at one of the largest ISPs in Belgium,
is actually quite interesting. The ISP has a fairly reasonable spam
filter so most of the email it receives is not actually spam. It mostly
receives bills, legal advice and medical information for about a dozen
other people named Philip.
I can't turn it into a spamtrap (because it's not spam). I've been
tempted to set up an auto-responder but I'm concerned about backscatter.
Apropos the original post: I get *a lot* of email to that address
offering to buy my car. I don't own a car.
It is definitely true that if your client demands an address as a
condition of getting access to something, you should assume that the
addresses are junk, because they will be. That is the case even if
the something is delivered to the address they provide.
Even if you're going to use the email for purposes other than marketing
(say, sending bills, legal advice or medical information), you should
still confirm the address.
I've certainly entered my share of example.com addresses on captive
portals and quote sites and the like.
I like using guerillamail.com (and others) for this.
Especially since some captive portals have started only giving ten
minutes of internet access until you click a link they send by email.
Philip
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Senior Reality Engineer
Ministry of Information
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