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I used to keep it that simple but some companies are catching on and blocking the account in the name of "fraud" but really they are just upset. Instead I use
by LinuxBender 4y ago
I used to keep it that simple but some companies are catching on and blocking the account in the name of "fraud" but really they are just upset. Instead I use a realistic looking canary that maps to their company without their company name being in the email address.
- indymike 4y agoCompanies that do not respect RFC email addresses are simply breaking the internet. Email addresses are not unilaterally specified by your marketing department, they are at this point, internet infrastructure. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5322 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5322
- LinuxBender 4y agoAgreed but I don't think they care about RFC's. Rather they want to be able to track people and be able to sell or leak, but really sell your email address and email canaries put a stop to that behavior and they don't like it.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoI spell their name backwards to thwart this filtering.
- justinlloyd 4y agoOh, you mean VMWare... one of their CSR's they did that to me.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoYou can just spell it vwmare.