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If you're using gmail, plus-suffixing is a low-effort but effective countermeasure: username+servicename@gmail.com gets delivered to username@gmail.com.
by mceachen 6y ago
If you're using gmail, plus-suffixing is a low-effort but effective countermeasure: username+servicename@gmail.com gets delivered to username@gmail.com.
- hinkley 6y agoI have about a 20% failure rate where email address validation fields reject the + character
- gingerlime 6y agoand knowing it's gmail, it's trivial now for the company to simply drop the +... part and store/use your real email address.
- mceachen 6y agoAh. You can set up dash-suffixing if you're using a custom domain with gmail. Create a new "catch-all" email account. Log into that new catch-all account, and create forwarding rules for alice-* to go to alice@example.com, bob-* to go to bob@example.com, ... I've done this for more than a decade.