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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by thisisbrians on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:48PM (#23096712)
If you use Google Mail (and the email field in the form lets you) you can do <youremail>+<whatever tag you want>@gmail.com to track stuff like this.
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by jfkebwjsbx on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:57PM (#23096807)
It works for common spam, but it does not really work for curated lists because they can remove it.

(I think it is also an RFC standard, not just gmail, but don't quote me on this).

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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by kcolford on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:52PM (#23097356)
Not an RFC standard but it is a "de facto" standard. Everyone implements it, the config line for it is just commented out on postfix, super easy to use.
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by Spooky23 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:54PM (#23096789)
Spammers aren't dumb -- this gets stripped.
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by NullPrefix on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:07PM (#23096906)
Next logical step would be having <youremail>+<secretKey>@gmail.com as the real email and <justyouremail>@gmail.com as spam box.
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by sneak on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:51PM (#23097350)
https://anonaddy.me

I use this service a lot.

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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by drdeadringer on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @07:36PM (#23097767)
Clearly you like them because you use them a lot.

Anything about them you mislike?

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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by NotSammyHagar on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:23PM (#23097077)
That is a great idea. I really want my email hosted some place and that I could write my own "post arrival" simple business logic.
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by vageli on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:35PM (#23097200)
> That is a great idea. I really want my email hosted some place and that I could write my own "post arrival" simple business logic.

You can do this in gmail with filters, unless I'm missing something about the use case.

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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by dorgo on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:13AM (#23100859)
Maybe it's too early, but I don't get it. If the spammer doesn't strip "+<secretKey>" then you get spam in your real inbox. Btw, what is so secret about the secretKey if you post it on the internet?
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by NullPrefix on Thursday May 07, 2020 @01:07PM (#23105361)
You give different secretKey to each recipient. This way you know who leaked your email.
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Re:I got my first $50/mo customer by Bnshsysjab on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:42PM (#23097269)
I’m pretty sure you can insert or strip periods ‘.’ in gmails too
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