Zoinks... I think that was the miller I'd written to do that for myself and made available.
Let me see if I can find it. > On Nov 12, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Craig Constantine <[email protected]> wrote: > > I seem to remember a sendmail module that used to auto-create email addresses > and then turn them off after a configured time period. So you configured it > that you could make up any email address of a certain pattern, like > “craig\d+@“ and it would auto-create when a message arrived. So you could > just invent, on the fly, email addresses “craig12345@“ and give it to people, > use for registrations. Then like a year later, it automatically stopped > working. (But, I was unable to dig this up.) > > http://linux.die.net/man/8/milter-regex > …might get you there too. Write a rule that says anything like “craig2014.*” > is acceptable and mapped to “craig”. Then make up email addresses all year. > Go in and kill the “2013” rule and you shrug off that whole year’s junk. > > --Craig Constantine, http://constantine.name > > > On Nov 12, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Brian Mathis > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
