That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam

Re:That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam by nahkoots on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:35AM (#44282493)

Can't you use [email protected]? I thought gmail strips whatever comes after the dot. (I don't have a google account, so I could be wrong or maybe it was a different character, but I remember reading about it a couple times on here.)

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Re:That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam by eldridgea on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:38AM (#44282514)

I believe it strips everything after a "+" so you can use [email protected].

It ignores periods so you could also use [email protected] or [email protected] or whatever.

Some sides block plus addressing but that's what I use a lot of the time.

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Re:That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam by jussaying2 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:38AM (#44282510)

You're thinking of the + character. [email protected] will still be delivered to you.

Gmail ignores dot characters. [email protected] is equivalent to [email protected]

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Re:That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam by 2bluesc on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:41AM (#44282521)

I think you mean

[email protected]

From my experience, many (bad) websites consider "+" an invalid character and prevent you from using the address in this form.

Smart spammers can just strip the service name since it works the same for all Gmail users.

Really need dedicated addresses like Fastmail's Masked Addresses.

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Re:That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam by edwardbernays on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:37AM (#44282501)

It's "+". The dot is, in fact, transparent.

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Re:That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam by GrooveSAN on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:37AM (#44282508)

After the +, not the dot

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