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this is happening more and more often. Use a fake/anonymous email address for GitHub: https://help.github.com/articles/keeping-your-email-address-private/ http

by kbar13 12y ago

this is happening more and more often. Use a fake/anonymous email address for GitHub: https://help.github.com/articles/keeping-your-email-address-private/ https://help.github.com/articles/keeping-your-email-address-...

sspiff 12y ago
This is exactly what I do when subscribing to public mailing lists (and I use the same email in my .gitconfig). I have a personal domain for email, and use an alias lists@domain.com so I can easily filter emails. If it's not related to a list or service I'm subscribed to, it automatically goes to the bin.
dchest 12y ago
Don't worry, if they know your name and domain, they will try to figure out your email address ;-) https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/ http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/
- andrelaszlo 12y ago
  https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/permutatorEmail.class.php https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/pe... :D Also https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/index.php#L29 https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/in... Sorry brah....All fields must be populated!!
  - oblio 12y ago
    Also: > To see it running, test it out here http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/ http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/ > Please play nice with our hosting server, it takes a while for it to run since its stored on a shared windows machine
    - JoshuaR 12y ago
      On the bright side, this thing fails to actually find me at either of the domains where I regularly use e-mail. One is hosted on Exchange, the other Google Apps Feels like spamming software that was in vogue in the 1990s.
- chinathrow 12y ago
  These tools are tools for spammers. Sorry - but come on guys. Read up on the laws!
  - ncza 12y ago
    Nono, they are leveraging the market opportunity to generate viral leads with growth hacking.
    - chinathrow 12y ago
      Buy ads, call people and ask politely if you can send them more information. But don't spam.
      - reinhardt 12y ago
        GP was being sarcastic
      - elssar 12y ago
        > call people and ask I'd rather get emails -_-
- runarb 12y ago
  In https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/smtp_validateEmail.class.php https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/sm... it looks like they are validating the recipients by starting to send an email, then reset the connection after the recipients email address get accepted or rejected. Dos that old trick still work? I thought that (at least the big guys) quickly banned an ip address trying this. And if they don't this may be a good time to start!

by kbar13 12y ago

sspiff 12y ago

This is exactly what I do when subscribing to public mailing lists (and I use the same email in my .gitconfig). I have a personal domain for email, and use an alias lists@domain.com so I can easily filter emails. If it's not related to a list or service I'm subscribed to, it automatically goes to the bin.

dchest 12y ago

Don't worry, if they know your name and domain, they will try to figure out your email address ;-) https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/ http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/

andrelaszlo 12y ago
https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/permutatorEmail.class.php https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/pe... :D Also https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/index.php#L29 https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/in... Sorry brah....All fields must be populated!!
- oblio 12y ago
  Also: > To see it running, test it out here http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/ http://gb-emailvalidator.azurewebsites.net/ > Please play nice with our hosting server, it takes a while for it to run since its stored on a shared windows machine
  - JoshuaR 12y ago
    On the bright side, this thing fails to actually find me at either of the domains where I regularly use e-mail. One is hosted on Exchange, the other Google Apps Feels like spamming software that was in vogue in the 1990s.
chinathrow 12y ago
These tools are tools for spammers. Sorry - but come on guys. Read up on the laws!
- ncza 12y ago
  Nono, they are leveraging the market opportunity to generate viral leads with growth hacking.
  - chinathrow 12y ago
    Buy ads, call people and ask politely if you can send them more information. But don't spam.
    - reinhardt 12y ago
      GP was being sarcastic
    - elssar 12y ago
      > call people and ask I'd rather get emails -_-
runarb 12y ago
In https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/smtp_validateEmail.class.php https://github.com/Gradberry/Email-Permutator/blob/master/sm... it looks like they are validating the recipients by starting to send an email, then reset the connection after the recipients email address get accepted or rejected. Dos that old trick still work? I thought that (at least the big guys) quickly banned an ip address trying this. And if they don't this may be a good time to start!