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> Your modus operandus means you cannot share your e-mail address

Of course I can. I don't know what you're getting at.

> Using a password manager

Doesn't solve the spam problem (which is what we're discussing here and the focus of my comment), and introduces its own problems.



> Of course I can. I don't know what you're getting at.

I was referring to it as an adaptation of the way I do it.

Your way of doing it is introducing another hop/point of failure and either adds a subscription, or having your addressed e-mail public.

> Doesn't solve the spam problem (which is what we're discussing here and the focus of my comment), and introduces its own problems.

I don't have a spam problem. Get an ISP or mail provider with some decent filters. Mine's been stopping spam since the '00 or something. Sometimes the spammers caught up, but only very temporary. I don't have a spam problem. I use the + to figure out how people (ie. marketeers/bots) got my e-mail address.

Also, a password manager does not introduce any meaningful problems.




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