The modern way to do this is by using "plus addressing", which is a
standard (though not supported by all email hosts) where you tag your
regular email address like this:
[email protected]
The receiving host delivers the message as if the email address is "
[email protected]", but you can still see the +tag and file it accordingly.
It's really inelegant to use a catch-all for this, as you are basically
polluting a whole domain with all kinds of random email addresses, not to
mention inviting tons of spam into the account. It's also annoying for
people on mailing lists to see addresses like "[email protected]" as an
email address someone is using, as you have no idea who that address
actually belongs to. "[email protected]" makes a lot more sense to the
people on the list.
I know some will argue that if they own a domain they can do what they
want, and of course that is true, but that doesn't change it being ugly.
❧ Brian Mathis
@orev
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) <
[email protected]> wrote:
> So, in the past I used a catch-all address and I would never give out
> the same email address twice. For example, on this list I am
> [email protected]. At present, nobody supports catch-all addresses,
> so instead I create infinite aliases. I have around 600-700 alias email
> addresses, and an app on my phone that lets me trivially create new ones on
> the spot. Just punch in "lopser" and hit the Create button. 30 seconds
> later, done.
>
>
>
> The most commonly compromised addresses are those I use in mailing lists.
> In the past, I used to be lopsa, lopsa2, lopsa3, lopsa4, and now lopser.
> So that's about once per year, maybe every other year.
>
>
>
> There have been a few surprises over the years - I started receiving junk
> sent to the address I used at box.com. I tried contacting them to notify
> them they had a breach and their backend databases were being leaked, but I
> didn't get very far, because they actually had so many other people
> contacting them for the same reason, that they wrote a FAQ to tell us all
> to shove off.
>
>
>
> I just received an email from Home Depot stating that they apologize, a
> leak has occurred, and my email address was compromised. This is *much*
> much more graceful than Box or Citizens Bank. While my reaction was to
> immediately cease using Box and Citizens and perpetually smear them at
> every opportunity, my reaction to Home Depot is sympathetic.
>
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