plus mail
A few months ago, my friend Techie left a comment for me on my other blog. I noticed that the email address he filled in contained MY name, but at his domain. Thinking I had caught Techie in a mistake, I ribbed him about it, and he clued me in. Turns out that when he leaves comments at sites, he’ll use the blog owner, or the blog name instead of HIS. So instead of techie@whateverblog.com, he’ll switch to colleen@whateverblog.com. By doing this, he can see if anyone spams him, and it’s not coming to his mail email. It’s something simple that anyone with access to the mail for their domain can do. (Correct me if I have the story wrong John - I know you will!)
I learned today that Gmail users can do something similar, and it’s called plus addressing. By combining this little trick with filters, you can send email to certain folders and find out who is spamming you. Neat!
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Interesting trick there. Evil spam.
Hmm me likey
congrats on being the blog of the moment on Grokodile LOL
That’s neat…but how many folders would he have with unlimited name use? I like this
Very clever! Maybe I should try it too.