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> Why can't I have an email number? You can if you want (it is a valid email). But, if everyone had a numeric email it would be a lot harder to catch spam or k
by jones1618 10y ago
> Why can't I have an email number?
You can if you want (it is a valid email). But, if everyone had a numeric email it would be a lot harder to catch spam or know if you are sending to a bot. Sure, spammers can masquerade as a friendly name like yourmom313@domain.com now but it's easier to spot names you know than 471871731@domain.com.
> Why can't emails be carried over to other domains?
I like the idea in abstract. Practically speaking, though, this would not only require millions of emails to be purged from every ISP in the world it would also require some kind of creepy global email registry. That defies the decentralized spirit of the Web and would instantly become the Holy Grail of hacker targets.