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You can also add dots into random places, which can't be stripped automatically. So you can have the email as.dfg.h@gmail.com as your "official" email, and put
by 0-_-0 7y ago
You can also add dots into random places, which can't be stripped automatically. So you can have the email as.dfg.h@gmail.com as your "official" email, and put random dots when you sign up for something. E.g. a.sd.fgh@gmail.com. Now you can filter out email sent to a.sd.fgh@gmail.com, or to any email that's not as.dfg.h@gmail.com. The spammers won't be able to discover your original address.
- heavenlyblue 7y agoThey’ll probably just spam the non-dotted address.
- kadoban 7y agoThat would require a person looking, or specific code written to handle this case, and knowing where it will and won't break the address. I also can also confirm that even more obvious schemes are not stripped by spammers, from personal experience.
- 0-_-0 7y agoYou can filter all mail coming to the non dotted address because you never gave that address to anyone.