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Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by TEP_Kim_Il_Sung on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:07PM (#33063072)
Your current username at geronnimo mail dot kazooie? Fun fact: at email dot com is a functional AOL address, still recognized by all corporate services, even with completely made up user part. e.g. birdperson @ email dotcom
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Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by wruza on Monday October 03, 2022 @03:01AM (#33064343)
Side question: do people still believe that email scrapers are unable parse “username at email dotcom” or “my username at gmail”? Or is it just a cultural thing?
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Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by bee_rider on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:34PM (#33063214)
Nah, decided to make a clean break from previous accounts for this site.
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