"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Most of these are order statuses (stati?) from online merchants
> whose email addresses I didn't anticipate[1]

[...]

> [1] [rant]Why, why, *why* is it that most online merchants don't
> simply tell you, at the time of the order placement, which email
> address they will be using for correspondence?  And furthermore,
> why, why, *why* do some of them use multiple addresses, sometimes
> from different domains, some of which have absolutely no obvious
> relationship to the store?  [/rant]

Probably the best way to deal with this unavoidable phenomenon is to
use a unique extension addresses (a TMDA keyword address, or just a
plain one) for each merchant.  I use scheme like jason+web+amazon,
jason+web+ebay, etc.  I've been doing this for 6 years or so with
great success.
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