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And if you just add them to your spam filter, it won't even work easily, because they deliberately shift around the domains and subdomains they send from every

And if you just add them to your spam filter, it won't even work easily, because they deliberately shift around the domains and subdomains they send from every so often.

volkk 10mo ago
this is where LLMs could actually help. create spam filters that an LLM can parse and deny if it looks close enough. but then again, hallucinations would be kind of terrible.
- autoexec 10mo ago
  I agree this would be a good use of an LLM (assuming that it was running locally). I wouldn't put one in charge of deleting my messages, but I could see one being used to assign a score to messages and based on that score moving them out of my inbox into various folders for review.
  - jlarocco 10mo ago
    I'd be really interested to see a comparison between LLM spam scoring and a traditional spam scoring algorithm because an LLM is essentially a spam generator. Can that be used to make a better spam detector?
- csomar 10mo ago
  Same can be achieved with a catch all domain and a sub for every service you use. Cost $13/year. Extra protection: now if you lose access to your email provider, you still have access to future emails.
05 10mo ago
I just use a unique address for each service. Any email that gets leaked or is getting unsubscribe resistant spam is added to /etc/postfix/denied_recipients :)
- Jolter 10mo ago
  Doesn’t sound like a very fun hobby, TBH.
  - osamagirl69 10mo ago
    no the op, but I find great joy in looking though who sends me spam (based on the unique email used to sign up for each service) I think it scratches a similar itch to putting up a game camera to see what sort of vermin are running around in your back yard.
    - nativeit 10mo ago
      You inevitably catch LexisNexis shitting in your herb garden and leaving squirrel carcasses lying about…
- tastyfreeze 10mo ago
  Appending "+label" to the username part of an email address is legal and will be delivered to the username mailbox.
SAI_Peregrinus 10mo ago
Luckly they don't seem to shift the addresses they send to, so if you own the domain you use for email you can make dedicated addresses for each service you sign up for. Then filter based on the `to:` field.

And if you just add them to your spam filter, it won't even work easily, because they deliberately shift around the domains and subdomains they send from every so often.

volkk 10mo ago

this is where LLMs could actually help. create spam filters that an LLM can parse and deny if it looks close enough. but then again, hallucinations would be kind of terrible.

autoexec 10mo ago
I agree this would be a good use of an LLM (assuming that it was running locally). I wouldn't put one in charge of deleting my messages, but I could see one being used to assign a score to messages and based on that score moving them out of my inbox into various folders for review.
- jlarocco 10mo ago
  I'd be really interested to see a comparison between LLM spam scoring and a traditional spam scoring algorithm because an LLM is essentially a spam generator. Can that be used to make a better spam detector?
csomar 10mo ago
Same can be achieved with a catch all domain and a sub for every service you use. Cost $13/year. Extra protection: now if you lose access to your email provider, you still have access to future emails.

05 10mo ago

I just use a unique address for each service. Any email that gets leaked or is getting unsubscribe resistant spam is added to /etc/postfix/denied_recipients :)

Jolter 10mo ago
Doesn’t sound like a very fun hobby, TBH.
- osamagirl69 10mo ago
  no the op, but I find great joy in looking though who sends me spam (based on the unique email used to sign up for each service) I think it scratches a similar itch to putting up a game camera to see what sort of vermin are running around in your back yard.
  - nativeit 10mo ago
    You inevitably catch LexisNexis shitting in your herb garden and leaving squirrel carcasses lying about…
tastyfreeze 10mo ago
Appending "+label" to the username part of an email address is legal and will be delivered to the username mailbox.

SAI_Peregrinus 10mo ago

Luckly they don't seem to shift the addresses they send to, so if you own the domain you use for email you can make dedicated addresses for each service you sign up for. Then filter based on the `to:` field.