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I can't say I've ever seen this, and I've used my own domain for decades, I think it is unlikely to really happen. I can imagine services refusing known tempora

I can't say I've ever seen this, and I've used my own domain for decades, I think it is unlikely to really happen. I can imagine services refusing known temporary address domains and giving that response as a “fake” error message rather than honestly saying they don't accept temporary addresses because they have less value. Do you have any specific examples if it has actually happened for a non-throw-away address? I'll make sure I don't waste time even trying to subscribe to their services!

hammyhavoc 4y ago
Banks and utility companies aren't an uncommon one. When your method of account recovery is email, it's far more trustworthy to trust a major email provider than it is to trust Joe Schmoe running his mailserver at home to keep it secure, or to trust that someone isn't going to be abusive. Example: scorned employee or spouse, they redirect or copy email to x address, and they gain access to accounts via that. "That could never happen." It's happened plenty of times that it's a consideration for a lot of major institutions, and it's happened enough that the radio and bus stops in the UK have ads warning people of the signs of financial abuse. That's without even getting into people not having automatic renewal set on their domain and losing the domain.
digging 4y ago
I've had it happen infrequently because my TLD is an unusual one (not .com, .net, .org, etc). I am told I have not entered a valid email address.
- TRiG_Ireland 4y ago
  I use a .name address (a .name domain with a catch-all address), and have only once had it rejected by any automatic process. I've had a couple of humans question it, though.
mthoms 4y ago
I thought it unlikely too. But our local utility (BC Hydro) won't allow me to use hello@<firstname><lastname>.com because their system flags it as a generic corporate email address. According to them you must use the email address of a specific person in your company (paraphrased). But I got this error when updating my residential account. Since when did companies get to decide what is or isn't a valid email address?

hammyhavoc 4y ago

Banks and utility companies aren't an uncommon one. When your method of account recovery is email, it's far more trustworthy to trust a major email provider than it is to trust Joe Schmoe running his mailserver at home to keep it secure, or to trust that someone isn't going to be abusive. Example: scorned employee or spouse, they redirect or copy email to x address, and they gain access to accounts via that. "That could never happen." It's happened plenty of times that it's a consideration for a lot of major institutions, and it's happened enough that the radio and bus stops in the UK have ads warning people of the signs of financial abuse. That's without even getting into people not having automatic renewal set on their domain and losing the domain.

digging 4y ago

I've had it happen infrequently because my TLD is an unusual one (not .com, .net, .org, etc). I am told I have not entered a valid email address.

TRiG_Ireland 4y ago
I use a .name address (a .name domain with a catch-all address), and have only once had it rejected by any automatic process. I've had a couple of humans question it, though.

mthoms 4y ago

I thought it unlikely too. But our local utility (BC Hydro) won't allow me to use hello@<firstname><lastname>.com because their system flags it as a generic corporate email address. According to them you must use the email address of a specific person in your company (paraphrased). But I got this error when updating my residential account. Since when did companies get to decide what is or isn't a valid email address?