Comments on: How to check who sold your email address to spammers? http://www.iamatechie.com/how-to-check-who-sold-your-email-address-to-spammers/ Technologies, Implementations, Internet, Software Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:40:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sanil S http://www.iamatechie.com/how-to-check-who-sold-your-email-address-to-spammers/#comment-496 Sanil S Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:30:39 +0000 http://www.iamatechie.com/?p=230#comment-496 Yo that is cool idea. Yo that is cool idea.

]]> By: Been Doing That for 10 Years http://www.iamatechie.com/how-to-check-who-sold-your-email-address-to-spammers/#comment-487 Been Doing That for 10 Years Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:41:43 +0000 http://www.iamatechie.com/?p=230#comment-487 I've been using a similar technique for a decade or so. BUT I have my own domains with catch-all accounts. I give each domain their own email address like iamatechie.com@mydomain.com. Then, when I get spam to that address, I just assign the address to an email account with only 1k of space, so the messages all bounce and I never have to hear from them again. lowermybills.com sold my address, and I've been getting 2-3 419 scams a day to that address now. Time to shout it from the rooftops, and shut off that address. I’ve been using a similar technique for a decade or so.

BUT I have my own domains with catch-all accounts. I give each domain their own email address like iamatechie.com@mydomain.com. Then, when I get spam to that address, I just assign the address to an email account with only 1k of space, so the messages all bounce and I never have to hear from them again.

lowermybills.com sold my address, and I’ve been getting 2-3 419 scams a day to that address now. Time to shout it from the rooftops, and shut off that address.

]]> By: Sajith http://www.iamatechie.com/how-to-check-who-sold-your-email-address-to-spammers/#comment-450 Sajith Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:57:32 +0000 http://www.iamatechie.com/?p=230#comment-450 May be good idea, but most of the website never accept a "+" sign in the email address field . But it contains another news that gmail skips the letter combination before plus. That was a new info for me. -- Later Sythoos May be good idea, but most of the website never accept a “+” sign in the email address field .

But it contains another news that gmail skips the letter combination before plus. That was a new info for me.

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Later Sythoos

]]> By: TheAnand http://www.iamatechie.com/how-to-check-who-sold-your-email-address-to-spammers/#comment-419 TheAnand Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:08:32 +0000 http://www.iamatechie.com/?p=230#comment-419 unfortunately forms do not recognize + as a valid email charecter....yahoo still rocks with its temp. email! unfortunately forms do not recognize + as a valid email charecter….yahoo still rocks with its temp. email!

]]> By: SAF http://www.iamatechie.com/how-to-check-who-sold-your-email-address-to-spammers/#comment-416 SAF Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:47:38 +0000 http://www.iamatechie.com/?p=230#comment-416 Good idea man. :-) Shall update soon. :-) Good idea man. :-)
Shall update soon. :-)

]]> By: Gopinath M http://www.iamatechie.com/how-to-check-who-sold-your-email-address-to-spammers/#comment-415 Gopinath M Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:22:20 +0000 http://www.iamatechie.com/?p=230#comment-415 I believe spammers and the email address selling websites are aware of this old trick. I believe spammers and the email address selling websites are aware of this old trick.

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