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Keeping your email address private

• gioi 13y ago
  With the advent of new gTLDs, .fake could be registered. So, use .invalid, a reserved TLD.
• ancarda 13y ago
  >Enter the fake email (e.g. "user@server.fake") and click "Add" Rather than a fake email, you could set it to "your_username@users.noreply.github.com" -- That's the email address used when you make edits from the web.
  • peterwwillis 13y ago
    This seems like the best solution (why the hell didn't GitHub suggest it?!). Being able to contact a dev about their code through their GitHub account is much better than fake addresses that leave you incommunicado.
• qwerta 13y ago
  I have high(er) profile project on github. It started as opensource and latter turned to full-time job. Every week I get about 50 viagra emails, but also some job offers. I would recommend everyone to use multiple emails. One personal for friends, one for open-source (perhaps commercial) activities and third provided by your employer. Hiding your email is not really long term solution.