"In effect, they were relying on Mailinator’s proven ability to receive lots of email." No, they weren't. Mailinator's ability to receive email had nothing to

"In effect, they were relying on Mailinator’s proven ability to receive lots of email." No, they weren't. Mailinator's ability to receive email had nothing to do with it. This blog post even admits this itself two paragraphs down: "We noticed the activity early on, and shut down the inbound stream of emails to the hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh inbox. Unfortunately, this did nothing to stop the attack. That's because nothing about the attack was happening via Mailinator."