Mailinator.com: Anatomy of a Spammy Campaign

Re:Mailinator.com: Anatomy of a Spammy Campaign by mmt on Sunday July 15, 2018 @04:48PM (#17537001)

As I mentioned elsewhere in the thread, I never understood why they don't just obfuscate the MX names.

A service like yours would certainly have no trouble noticing the fact that the MXes all have the same IP address as Mailinator, but, right now, anyone can just do a lookup and simple string comparison themselves, without paying.

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Re:Mailinator.com: Anatomy of a Spammy Campaign by jiveturkey on Sunday July 15, 2018 @05:42PM (#17537261)

for mailinator, and i’m guessing others, you can also just check the inbox

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Re:Mailinator.com: Anatomy of a Spammy Campaign by mmt on Sunday July 15, 2018 @09:39PM (#17538173)

Check which inbox for what? For a new disposable address, presumably no "inbox" even exists until the first e-mail message is delivered to it.

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