tocklime

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   by tocklime 10y ago

   The benefit it has is that the 'shop.' subdomain can't be guessed from the DNS records. I get a lot of spam to <randomname>@mydomain.com. Of course, if someone sees my email address, they could certainly infer a new one
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   by tocklime 10y ago

   Fastmail has a really nice subdomains feature - I have an alias in fastmail of 'shop@mydomain.com'. Any email for XXX@shop.mydomain.com gets delivered to shop+XXX@mydomain.com. Better than catchall, because all the spam gets sent
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   by tocklime 10y ago

   This is actually really useful - you have a map of 'what is the fastest way home from anywhere in the city?' On moving to a new city, getting a map like this and memorising a few of the arteries would help loads with familiarizati
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   by tocklime 12y ago

   I'm similar. If there's someone in the office having a confrontational phone call, I have to either feel their rage or isolate myself (loud music). Seeing other people's injuries ( especially my son's) is overwhelming.