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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 20:02:00
    Hello All!

    THIS is an interesting place:

    http://mailcatch.com

    Could prove to be useful for those times when you really don't
    want to disclose a real email address.

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    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.46
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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to August Abolins on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 20:32:02
    On 23 Sep 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    Hello All!

    THIS is an interesting place:

    http://mailcatch.com

    Could prove to be useful for those times when you really don't
    want to disclose a real email address.

    I use a similar service called grr.la

    Jay

    ... There ain't no spam on us!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (1:229/664)
  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to August Abolins on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 21:38:20
    On 23 Sep 20 20:02:00, August Abolins said the following to All:

    THIS is an interesting place:

    http://mailcatch.com

    Oh, these types of sites have been around for a long time.

    They're good, but tend to get blacklisted over a period of time.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Jay Harris on Thursday, September 24, 2020 16:54:31
    On 23/09/2020 8:32 p.m., Jay Harris : August Abolins wrote:

    THIS is an interesting place:

    http://mailcatch.com

    Could prove to be useful for those times when you really don't
    want to disclose a real email address.

    I use a similar service called grr.la


    The scramble email address is cool:

    mdteg6+8ox131pgxxx8s@sharklasers.com

    But how do they make money to make this service worth the upkeep?



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    --- TB(Stealth)/Win7
    * Origin: nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Nick Andre on Thursday, September 24, 2020 23:51:00
    Hello Nick!

    ** On Wednesday 23.09.20 - 21:38, Nick Andre wrote to August Abolins:

    http://mailcatch.com

    Oh, these types of sites have been around for a long time.

    They're good, but tend to get blacklisted over a period of time.


    I can appreciate that. Some of these have recently shown up
    as Registered users on a couple of WordPress sites that I look
    after.

    Registration at the sites is only required for posting
    comments. But the @mailchimp.com registrants don't comment.

    Since @mailchimp.com addresses are temporary, so will be the
    registrants! Hhahahhah!

    Looks like there are robots out there testing the register
    process with fake email addresses? Too bad I can't tell which
    IP address the @mailchimp.com user was connecting from; it
    would be nice to block those right away. The IP address only
    gets recorded when a Comment is actually posted.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.46
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to August Abolins on Friday, September 25, 2020 00:54:29
    On 24 Sep 20 23:51:00, August Abolins said the following to Nick Andre:

    Looks like there are robots out there testing the register
    process with fake email addresses? Too bad I can't tell which
    IP address the @mailchimp.com user was connecting from; it

    Why not just install a captcha plugin and hook it into the signup page?

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Nick Andre on Friday, September 25, 2020 01:19:00
    Hello Nick!

    ** On Friday 25.09.20 - 00:54, Nick Andre wrote to August Abolins:

    Why not just install a captcha plugin and hook it into the signup page?

    The signup page *does* have a captcha. :( Obviously, the
    bots are familiar with some of the sequences it generates.

    The particulatr site operates with an earlier edition of WP. I
    can't accomodate the site theme/contents to a newer WP at this
    time.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.46
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)