Companies treat some email domains as digital trash cans, despite the risks.
  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I’m confused as to how and why people would even want to send an email to anybody@noreply.net.

    I often get email that says “do not reply to this email” and it appears to be sent from noreply@our.domain. This I understand. So am I understanding correctly that many companies/mailing systems use @noreply.net in the same manner?

    But why? Why not to noreply@our.domain?

    • snrkl@lemmus.orgEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I have a firstname.lastname[at]gmail.com email address.

      Every single week I get a different person’s legitimate email because they forget their email is firstname.lastname12345[at]gmail.com or some other number, and sign me up for stuff…

      I get bank statements, rent notices, holiday bookings, xbox live accounts, kayak club membership emails, pizza delivery receipts, Amazon.com accounts and purchases…

      You name it…

      XKCD calls it “Reverse ID Theft” - I call it “Identity Donation”: it’s like people think: “here… Be me for a bit… See how you like it…”

      https://xkcd.com/1279/

      • w3dd1e@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Well that XKCD comic nailed it. There is a doctor in another state with my name and occasionally patients send me their prescription questions.

        I also had to specifically ask a lady with a similar phone number to stop giving mine out.