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fastmail.fm lets you set up wildcard mx records -- so if your email is user@example.com, you can get email at company1@user.example.doc, company2@user.example.c
by pseut 14y ago
fastmail.fm lets you set up wildcard mx records -- so if your email is user@example.com, you can get email at company1@user.example.doc, company2@user.example.com, etc. instead of user+company1@example.com. I imagine other email providers do this too.
- alexkus 14y agoHmm, that's a useful tactic as I'm seeing + addresses becoming much less effective due to the reasons I gave above.
- usefulcat 14y agoYes, I have my own domain and have been doing this for years. It generally works as expected, and so far I've had at least four unique addresses that were leaked to spammers. One of them was the address I used for newegg. If you do go this route, I'd recommend using a whitelisting approach. I do get a lot of spam sent to random addresses at my domain.
- MertsA 14y agoI've also had personal information leaked through NewEgg. For me it was my name and my parents email address when I got them to buy me a video card when I was 16. Eventually they got an email addressed to my full name and their email about car insurance rates or some random spam. I would really think NewEgg would be better than that.