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advertiser · 05-14-2003, 05:45 PM

If you?re like me, your inbox (and your kitchen cupboard) is filled with spam.

Years of posting my email on adult webmaster boards and giving it out to every free service has found me getting daily notices for everything from penis pills to pasta pots.

Now I cringe every time I have to give out your email address on an online form.

What crazy spam list will *this* eventually end up on?!?

I know people who create multiple yahoo or hotmail accounts to use as ?decoys? when they have to give out their address.
That decoy solution isn?t perfect, but it can help.

But if you have your own domain, I want to show you a more elegant (and useful) way to stay on top of your email game.

Most hosting plans allow you to have a ?catch-all? email address associated with a domain. This means that outside of mailboxes that your specify, *anything*@yourdomain.com will be forwarded to a specific address. Often people will set the catchall address to be [email protected].? Ask your host if you have this ability and how to set it up and manage.

Then, whenever you sign up for something, make up a new address that you can associate with that product, vendor, etc..
So, lets say you sign up for an ID at Fred?s Content Crib and they ask for your email. Give them [email protected]. When you try out PsychoPsubmitter, use [email protected] When you sent in your request for an escort use [email protected]? All of them will forward to your inbox. Getting the picture?

This helps you 3 ways.

When email comes in sent to that address, you?ll be able to associate it with the source (kinda like the tracking codes we use for links.)
If that address gets picked up by a spam list or sold or something, you can simply filter that address into your trash folder or go back to your host and have that email bounce back to the sender.
When you meet a cute girl or guy you can give then your email address as *their name*@yourdomain.com. They will look at you with wide eyes and think your meeting is destiny. Of course, if your domain is slutwhorebitchpig.com? then just give her that old Hotmail address instead. ;)
Ta-da! That?s it. Feel free to send questions to [email protected]

May your week be joyful and prosperous!
-Hal and the Flashcash Team
words of wisdom from flashcash

05-14-2003, 05:45 PM
advertiser Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: mensa Posts: 457	If you?re like me, your inbox (and your kitchen cupboard) is filled with spam. Years of posting my email on adult webmaster boards and giving it out to every free service has found me getting daily notices for everything from penis pills to pasta pots. Now I cringe every time I have to give out your email address on an online form. What crazy spam list will this eventually end up on?!? I know people who create multiple yahoo or hotmail accounts to use as ?decoys? when they have to give out their address. That decoy solution isn?t perfect, but it can help. But if you have your own domain, I want to show you a more elegant (and useful) way to stay on top of your email game. Most hosting plans allow you to have a ?catch-all? email address associated with a domain. This means that outside of mailboxes that your specify, anything@yourdomain.com will be forwarded to a specific address. Often people will set the catchall address to be [email protected].? Ask your host if you have this ability and how to set it up and manage. Then, whenever you sign up for something, make up a new address that you can associate with that product, vendor, etc.. So, lets say you sign up for an ID at Fred?s Content Crib and they ask for your email. Give them [email protected]. When you try out PsychoPsubmitter, use [email protected] When you sent in your request for an escort use [email protected]? All of them will forward to your inbox. Getting the picture? This helps you 3 ways. When email comes in sent to that address, you?ll be able to associate it with the source (kinda like the tracking codes we use for links.) If that address gets picked up by a spam list or sold or something, you can simply filter that address into your trash folder or go back to your host and have that email bounce back to the sender. When you meet a cute girl or guy you can give then your email address as their name@yourdomain.com. They will look at you with wide eyes and think your meeting is destiny. Of course, if your domain is slutwhorebitchpig.com? then just give her that old Hotmail address instead. ;) Ta-da! That?s it. Feel free to send questions to [email protected] May your week be joyful and prosperous! -Hal and the Flashcash Team words of wisdom from flashcash