That's what I do. When I give a company an email, I give company.n...@mydomain.com- it's very quick and easy to work out who is selling email addresses. All mail to *@mydomain.com lands in a single box ;)
Dave On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Bryan Horstmann <b...@newlan.org> wrote: > > > On 30/05/2012 12:07, Dilwyn Jones wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I was going to put mine down then it asked for a confirmation >>>>>> email...Nice try i >>>>>> wonder what they send you after you have clicked ???? >>> >>> >>> >>> In my case, absolutely nothing >>> Neil >> >> Some do, some don't. Most sites force you to enter an email address for >> validation to prevent automated spamming and possibly malicious intent >> (someone signing you up to something without your knowledge - stops me >> signing up every QL user I know to QL Forum and this list without their >> knowledge, for example). >> >> Must admit, if a site I don't know wants an email address from me, I >> usually avoid it if I'm unsure. >> >> That said, there are some "temporary" (short-lived) email address services >> you can use just for signing up to websites like this to avoid using your >> "regular" email address - once the short-life email address dies after >> you've had long enough to sign up and respond to a validation email address, >> they can't spam your "regular" email address if you are unsure about a site. >> >> I suppose it pays to have an extra email address you can use just for >> purposes like this, to control spam etc. That way, once you are satisfied >> the website is bona fide, they will let you alter your email address later >> to your regular email address if you wish. I'd probably go as far as to say >> that unless you are 100% happy with a site, NEVER use your regular email >> address to sign up to anything. >> >> Dilwyn Jones >> > My son-in-law is in the computer industry and I was discussing the source of > spam, and he has given me, on his own domain, ten email addresses which he > can change as needed. You "plant" one when you are asked to respond with a > contact, and if it goes further, you know who to blame. Works a treat to > have email addresses under one's own control independent of service > ;provider. He recommends having one's own domain which only costs about £5 > pa. > > Bryan H > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
