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I do this as well using a not so well know trick that exists on most major email providers including gmail and iCloud: myemail+permute@icloud.com. Those emails
by todd3834 6y ago
I do this as well using a not so well know trick that exists on most major email providers including gmail and iCloud: myemail+permute@icloud.com. Those emails will arrive at myemail@icloud.com
- layoutIfNeeded 6y agoThis won't help you tracking down which service leaked your e-mail address, because the first thing spammers do is trimming the +suffix.
- therein 6y agoThat is unless the spammer was clever to do the following: providersWithSuffixSupport = ["icloud.com", "gmail.com", "googlemail.com", ...]; if email.endsWithAnyOf(providersWithSuffixSupport) { email = email.trimBetweenFirstOccurrence("+", "@"); }
- ryantgtg 6y agoI have a site with users, and while we have no interest in selling their addresses, it still strikes me as futile when people add "+mysite" to their address. It would take me 2 seconds in excel to zap all those appendages.
- tastroder 6y agoNot everybody uses the scheme for some futile security purpose, some sites are just a bit annoying with their outgoing addresses with their non-nefarious communication and the + scheme can be a nice way for rules.
- ryantgtg 6y agoI hadn't thought of that case. I've always had good luck simple simple rules like, "if @theirsite.com then move to folder".
- quotz 6y agoHow did you do this?