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Wow, super nice feature: https://blog.mailfence.com/plus-addressing-to-track-spammers/ https://blog.mailfence.com/plus-addressing-to-track-spammers... I'd be

by PakG1 8y ago

Wow, super nice feature: https://blog.mailfence.com/plus-addressing-to-track-spammers/ https://blog.mailfence.com/plus-addressing-to-track-spammers... I'd be really tempted to switch once my Fastmail contract runs out. Except I'm experiencing so little spam, so I'm so satisfied. But all their other features are so cool too. What to do, what to do? :)

badwolf 8y ago
My Fastmail annual account ends/renews next month. I may just have to use this. I’ve had a few problems with Fastmail sending IP’s being reported as throwaway/disposable addresses
vinw 8y ago
Fastmail has also always had plus addressing, as well as subdomain addressing which is even nicer! https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/addressing.html https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/addressing.html
- PakG1 8y ago
  Well, you just made my day.... :) Thanks so much. Had to do more than upvote this one.
- StavrosK 8y ago
  Yeah, I was about to say... Fastmail's version of this feature is much nicer, and very useful.
jdc 8y ago
This works with Gmail too.
linsomniac 8y ago
I've stopped using + addressing because it's been more trouble than it's worth. It's supported in gmail, and: Gmail's anti-spam catches basically all my spam, a surprising number of places don't support + extensions (the Dell support guy told me "I can't put in a +, I'll just remove the "+dell" at the end of your address), and also a surprising number of places freak out at these addresses ("Why does your e-mail address contain MY company name?"). I used to do it all the time, but with "-" instead of "+". It was quite effective when I was running my own mail server and despite my best attempts, spam was quite a problem. I had anti-spam set up (greylist, spamassassin, RBLs, my own custom blacklists). I'd get a dozen or more spams a day anyway.
Manozco 8y ago
Fastmail has aliases if you use your own domain, and you can combine with + adressing: alias amazon@yourdns.com to username+amazon@fastmail.com and then all the emails are going into your folder amazon :)
DitaVonTetris 8y ago
That's actually supported by a lot of providers (not Outlook of course...) although a lot of websites unlegitelly refuse addresses with a + in their forms. More : https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/plus-signs-in-email-addresses.html https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/plus-signs-in-email-addr...

by PakG1 8y ago

badwolf 8y ago

My Fastmail annual account ends/renews next month. I may just have to use this. I’ve had a few problems with Fastmail sending IP’s being reported as throwaway/disposable addresses

vinw 8y ago

Fastmail has also always had plus addressing, as well as subdomain addressing which is even nicer! https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/addressing.html https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/addressing.html

PakG1 8y ago
Well, you just made my day.... :) Thanks so much. Had to do more than upvote this one.
StavrosK 8y ago
Yeah, I was about to say... Fastmail's version of this feature is much nicer, and very useful.

jdc 8y ago

This works with Gmail too.

linsomniac 8y ago

I've stopped using + addressing because it's been more trouble than it's worth. It's supported in gmail, and: Gmail's anti-spam catches basically all my spam, a surprising number of places don't support + extensions (the Dell support guy told me "I can't put in a +, I'll just remove the "+dell" at the end of your address), and also a surprising number of places freak out at these addresses ("Why does your e-mail address contain MY company name?"). I used to do it all the time, but with "-" instead of "+". It was quite effective when I was running my own mail server and despite my best attempts, spam was quite a problem. I had anti-spam set up (greylist, spamassassin, RBLs, my own custom blacklists). I'd get a dozen or more spams a day anyway.

Manozco 8y ago

Fastmail has aliases if you use your own domain, and you can combine with + adressing: alias amazon@yourdns.com to username+amazon@fastmail.com and then all the emails are going into your folder amazon :)

DitaVonTetris 8y ago

That's actually supported by a lot of providers (not Outlook of course...) although a lot of websites unlegitelly refuse addresses with a + in their forms. More : https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/plus-signs-in-email-addresses.html https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/plus-signs-in-email-addr...