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As often happens, I don't see the "scandal". How does it work in the "real world"? You get a P.O. Box. You leave that address, the Post Office re-rents it to
by jaclaz 9y ago
As often happens, I don't see the "scandal".
How does it work in the "real world"?
You get a P.O. Box.
You leave that address, the Post Office re-rents it to someone else.
I would guess that should be your care to make all people that know that address to not send anything to it and/or change all references to it.
By the same token it is your responsibility to change all your current subscriptions/whatever updating the e-mail address to a new, valid one, the sheer moment you delete the "old" account.
- CM30 9y agoYeah, this. What exactly do people think should happen to an abandoned email address? That it gets put on some permanent blacklist because of 'future security issues'? At the end of the day, it's like everything from addresses to phone numbers and domain names. Once you stop using them, they return back to the pool of available options for someone else to use instead.