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I remember receiving a phone-call from a tiny online shop - they seemed to think I'd mistyped my email address, because it was "their-company@example.com". The
by stevekemp 8y ago
I remember receiving a phone-call from a tiny online shop - they seemed to think I'd mistyped my email address, because it was "their-company@example.com".
They found it unbelievable that my email address could match their domain, and assumed I'd made a mistake.
- lucb1e 8y agoI do this too and it's most fun when giving my email address to physical stores. One time I was in a random optician's shop and had to ask what the store was called, "Such and such" - "alright then, that would be such and such at example.com".
- ValentineC 8y agoI use a catchall as well, but if I think my email address is going to be read by humans somewhere, I try not to throw people off by using something like firstname.companyabbreviation@example.com.