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Why do you use shopname@? Once you know the pattern everyone can guess it.
by noja 6y ago
Why do you use shopname@? Once you know the pattern everyone can guess it.
- samus 6y agoOnly a tiny fraction of people is in a position to do this. If it were really an issue, using the pattern `shopname_n`, where nn is different for every address, should do the trick. It's similar to encrypting serial numbers so they don't [German Tank Problem](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem) them.
- thekyle 6y agoNot OP, but I'm guessing because it's easier to remember than completely random email address (password manager might solve this?) and more unique than using the same email everywhere.
- isoprophlex 6y agoYeah, thats exactly it, it allows filtering incoming messages into folders based on what I tell a shop and it makes it easier to remember what alias i used where
- noja 6y agoYou can combine the shopname with a salt and store it in your password manager.