Date: 24 Dec 2002 12:49:43 -0800 From: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com> To: "Jimi Thompson" <jimit@myrealbox.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: email addresses used for lists [was: L0phtcrack] Message-ID: <86wulznnvc.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> In-Reply-To: <JBEBLBLAABEOPMEPFAKEIEGLCDAA.jimit@myrealbox.com> References: <JBEBLBLAABEOPMEPFAKEIEGLCDAA.jimit@myrealbox.com>
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"Jimi Thompson" <jimit@myrealbox.com> writes:
| That way when I start getting Viagra or penis enlargment offers (and God
| knows I need 'em ;)) addressed to bestbuy@mydomain.com, I can voice a loud
| and provable complaint.
Wellllll, unfortunately, you might be falsely accusing Best Buy, since it's
likely to get hit on a Rumplestiltskin attack. Far better to include a random
string in the address, such as
bestbuy-r1cuisgafmjp@mydomain.com
That's going to be a lot harder to find by randomly trying usernames, and is a
lot more "provable," assuming that you've only given it out once. :)
This only really helps if you have an explicit alias, rather than just having
anything@mydomain.com being delivered to you.
Yet another good reason to run your own mail server. :)
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