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It is probably a non-issue but one downside is that if people realize that you are doing this they can just pick a new "user" and reach you even if you have blo
by kevincox 6y ago
It is probably a non-issue but one downside is that if people realize that you are doing this they can just pick a new "user" and reach you even if you have blocked their original address.
It would be interesting to do something like this with signatures. You could generate new addresses "on the fly" by picking a prefix and signing it. Then you can use this email and it can't be modified in a way to generate a new valid email.
For example you could have walmart-oaiua83n@yourdomain.example and they couldn't just change it to goodcompany@example.com.
- joosters 6y agoI do this with my email, and it's definitely a non-issue. The problem is not people but processes - automated spam and the like.
- 8ytecoder 6y agoAgreed. I do this and even without any good spam filter, my spam is down to at most 2 a week. The reason behind this is that most companies that exchange data use email/phone number as a unique key. (I use fastmail to host. This is the only reason I can't use Hey yet.)
- pricci 6y agoI would do something like that but with a simple rule/cipher that can be computed mentally and is not completely obvious at first look. Like a shift cipher of the first two characters of the name: wolmart.yq@example.com w+2 = y and o+2 = q
- kevincox 6y agoI was thinking that you would have a browser extension or bookmarklet but yes, you could definitely get away with something simpler.