Avoiding Spam with Email Aliasing

Re:Avoiding Spam with Email Aliasing by gallerytungsten on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @11:19PM (#6925877)

If you run your own mail server, this whole process is much easier. Just set up an alias name specific to whoever you're giving the address to; then forward it to your real email. If spam starts, you just delete the alias.

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Re:Avoiding Spam with Email Aliasing by TheCowboy on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @12:07AM (#6926017)

It's also fun to use aliases specific to which source it is being provided. You eventually get some surprises about the integrity of some sites when you start receiving a spam on an alias only used for that site, revealing that your information was sold or stolen.

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Re:Avoiding Spam with Email Aliasing by csmuk on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @01:32AM (#6926211)

This is especially true of recruitment agents who appear, at least in the UK, to sell your address to anyone.

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