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Re: [LUG] Disposable emails

 

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Maybe this has something to do with it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28654613

Russian Hackers steal 1.3 billion usernames / passwords

I have noticed a lot of spam on the DCGLUG comments too,  i just delete
them as someone has to approve every post but there seems to be a lot
recently



Paul



On 07/08/14 12:44, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> I have been getting more and more rubbish emails recently. I just
> delete them from the junk folder of course, but it is getting tiresome.
> I think that some of the problem is caused by so many sites insisting on
> an email address when all you want to do is look around their site,
> maybe to buy something, maybe not. But once they have your address the
> unwanted offers start to arrive.
>
> I have come across a mention of disposable email addresses. Having
> looked around a bit I can see that it could be a good idea. Give such
> an email address to sites that insist and if unwanted emails start to
> appear just delete the address.
>
> Has anyone on the list any comments about this please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil
>

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