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I wrote something in node.js that does exactly this. But I have only used it for personal use. I'm honestly surprised that nobody has done this already. Right

I wrote something in node.js that does exactly this. But I have only used it for personal use. I'm honestly surprised that nobody has done this already. Right now it just silently drops expired addresses. But it is so satisfying to think about bouncing (but stuff like bouncing behavior is something you have to consider when running a mail service). I was thinking of turning it into a service, but I'd have to read up on how to scale it. Running an SMTP server takes a lot of care. I've found that just using nearlyfreespeech.net's mail forwarding is most reliable to receive emails. So I do that for now, since it is on a small scale. I just got so frustrated with how this problem has such an obvious technical solution. At least for us users, anyway. It's not a solution for the marketers. I strongly suspect that Google is very reluctant to do anything to make the email landscape unstable. I think that if Google started offering this, it would shake up so much of their business.

apostacy 9y ago
Actually, I'm gonna try https://grr.la/ryo/ https://grr.la/ryo/
kilburn 9y ago
Bouncing email doesn't make much sense if you can reject easily (which would be your case). Running an inbound SMTP server is much easier than running outbound smtp for laypeople. The software (postfix, exim, etc.) is rock solid (you have to REALLY mess up to lose emails) and the protocol is very forgiving (all serious senders have good retry policies). I encourage you to try!
logicallee 9y ago
As I mentioned, Google already offers this. Just add a tag with + to your existing gmail address and you instantly create a tagged new one.
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- ant6n 9y ago
  Except as pointed out, a spammer (etc) can remove the tag and get the original address using a regex.
  - logicallee 9y ago
    only until Google fixes it as suggested. they have some smart people there and I believe in them!

apostacy 9y ago

Actually, I'm gonna try https://grr.la/ryo/ https://grr.la/ryo/

kilburn 9y ago

Bouncing email doesn't make much sense if you can reject easily (which would be your case). Running an inbound SMTP server is much easier than running outbound smtp for laypeople. The software (postfix, exim, etc.) is rock solid (you have to REALLY mess up to lose emails) and the protocol is very forgiving (all serious senders have good retry policies). I encourage you to try!

logicallee 9y ago

As I mentioned, Google already offers this. Just add a tag with + to your existing gmail address and you instantly create a tagged new one.

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ant6n 9y ago
Except as pointed out, a spammer (etc) can remove the tag and get the original address using a regex.
- logicallee 9y ago
  only until Google fixes it as suggested. they have some smart people there and I believe in them!