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I've been there so many times. Gets old real fast. Many people are simply incredulous that there isn't a "gmail" or "yahoo" etc in my email address.

• walrus01 8y ago
  basically "no, but what is your real email address?" Some degree of confusion happens probably 1 in 5 times giving out the address in person, not my original estimate of 1 in 10...
  • megous 8y ago
    I wonder what would happen if I gave my =@[mydomain.tld] (mydomain is not my domain :)). I have such an address, but haven't tried to actively give it to anyone outside of people who hit my website. Probably a major confusion. There are a lot of funny looking e-mail addresses one can create by crafting a local part with acceptable symbols, or by using quotes. Say: {+}@abc.tld !@abc.tld ?@abc.tld {|@abc.tld
    • walrus01 8y ago
      I have a catch-all email inbox at surname.com for any nonexistent inbox, so I could totally give away throwaway one use addresses like teledildonics6000@surname.com
  • nancyp 8y ago
    I have kept a throwaway at gmail@surname.com to have fun watching people type it the other way around.