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Best email provider against spam? (lemy.lol)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by syd@lemy.lol to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I want to use my main mail address everywhere, even public places. But I doubt if I can guard myself against spam.

Is there a provider specialized in spam protection? Or at least good at it?

At last, given your experience, should I even do it?

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[–] hiajen@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

every provider who supports aliases. like foo+baa@bzz.tld where everything after the + is exchangeable. so you can use a 'different' mail for every service you use and just block where spam comes from via the alias.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn’t it pretty widely known that many email providers support this?

I just assume spammers would know enough to remove everything from the ‘+’ until the ‘@‘. It’s not like they’re trying to be sparing with recipients. Why not just send to both?

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Isn’t it pretty widely known that many email providers support this?

Personally I'm not a fan of "plus aliasing" because it gives away your base address, and it's trivial for spammers to strip the alias. I prefer aliases that completely hide the base address.

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its also VERY poorly and haphazardly handled in websites. Often they won't let me create an account with it. Or I will be able to create an account using the alias, but then I am left unable to login.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

That's why we need formal rules. Once regulations are in place (with big penalties) websites magically start to function properly.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

... Until they randomize the part before the plus

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They don't need to randomize it, just strip it.

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They strip the part after and including the plus. And yea, that's exactly what is done. People need to stop assuming malicious actors are dumb and incapable of reading an RFC.

[–] syd@lemy.lol 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not best solution I guess. How about generic sites? Like Git commit mail, my website, Mastodon etc. where I can't add that postfix.

[–] madsen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why can't you use +-aliases in Git, Mastodon, etc.?

Edit: git config --local user.email "something+someotherstuff@example.com" shouldn't cause any issues.