Tell HN: GitHub now blocks aliased email addresses

Re:Tell HN: GitHub now blocks aliased email addresses by jasonjayr on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:50PM (#34550858)

Using random emails like that is a super easy way of getting caught up in a spam trap, which would get you blocked easily.

One of our users used a throwaway [email protected], which earned us a complaint inside of an hour, just by sending a welcome/confirm message.

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Re:Tell HN: GitHub now blocks aliased email addresses by mynameisvlad on Friday January 27, 2023 @03:04PM (#34551067)

That's not really an issue for end users getting emails at <somerandomthing>@<theirowndomainname>, which is what the thread is about.

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Re:Tell HN: GitHub now blocks aliased email addresses by bhhaskin on Friday January 27, 2023 @03:27PM (#34551364)

But it is for spammers. Which is why it doesn't make sense for spammers to do that.

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