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What’s weird is I’ve noticed some sites and apps don’t like their name in the account name and won’t validate. For example, I tried signing up for the Chronome
by prepend 4y ago
What’s weird is I’ve noticed some sites and apps don’t like their name in the account name and won’t validate.
For example, I tried signing up for the Chronometer app using chronometer@prepend.com and can’t make it through their sign up process.
I’ve always wondered what kind of programmer makes their domain name as email not work. I’m guessing it’s some testing or debug shortcut but won’t have closure.
I’ve probably noticed 6 sites over the years like this.
- Nextgrid 4y agoMy theory is that it's to dissuade less advanced spammers/fraudsters who use manually-created, consumer-grade email addresses that take time & effort to create, thus rejecting them could actually slow them down or piss them off enough to give up. The intent is probably to ban spam/free trial abuse or obviously-incorrect addresses (though for the latter case why not just send a verification email).