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I feel you. I have {commonFirstName}.{commonLastName}@gmail.com and I get so much email intended for other people. Services that don’t verify email and require
by agency 6y ago
I feel you. I have {commonFirstName}.{commonLastName}@gmail.com and I get so much email intended for other people. Services that don’t verify email and require you to login to unsubscribe are the _worst_
- dhosek 6y agoMy wife has [uncommonFirstName]@gmail.com as her e-mail address. Her uncommon first name is still sufficiently common that she gets a lot of other people's e-mails.
- xingyzt 6y agoSlight tangent: A lot of people might not know that periods in the first half of a gmail address actually get ignored when relaying. They're only there visually. Some services don't check for this and you can register multiple accounts with u.ser@gmail.com, us.er@gmail.com, use.r@gmail.com which all get forwarded to user@gmail.com.
- rapind 6y agoJust flag them as spam. This hurts the service's deliverability. Enough flags and they'll get blacklisted. Services should always at least verify that you can receive the email (by sending a confirmation link) before they start sending you information or even creating a valid account.