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Re:Tell HN: GitHub now blocks aliased email addresses by ylk on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:56PM (#34550940)
> nobody is sending email to alsdkjfadf@domain

That’s actually the kind of spam I used to receive on a very short domain with a catch-all.

I guess they loop through short domain names and then try to brute-force the local part.

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Re:Tell HN: GitHub now blocks aliased email addresses by mynameisvlad on Friday January 27, 2023 @03:04PM (#34551082)
Interestingly, I have <3letters>.one but I think because it's an uncommon TLD and a seemingly random 3 letters, I haven't had that issue.
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