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Re: [LUG] Unnecessary Questions

 

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:53:54 +0000
"Tremayne, Steve" <steven.tremayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >>So just filling in some random information should be fine.
> 
> My normal response is:
> 
> First Name: something to do with the company (i.e. for spam
> tracability) Last Name: something else to do with the company
> Email address: first.last@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (if you don't know about
> mailinator, go have a look at the site) Address 1: Someplace
> Address 2: nearby
> Town: anytown
> City: - if it's a drop down list, anything, otherwise "City"
> Postcode - this one can stall a little, but "aa11 1aa" always works
> DOB - anything > 20 years ago
> 
> And yes, I have had some emails with "Dear <original company> <thing
> I was looking for>" - sometimes a quick email to both companies
> "Contact" email address about data disclosure usually gets a swift
> response.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Lug, Exeter
> 

I like that. I will certainly remember about the post code. And I do
know about mailinator. Another good one is yopmail.com.

Neil

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