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Originally Posted by Barbara1955
knc1 I found the link interesting.
Just wish I knew how to Stop getting them  |
There is a way to bring it under control.
I don't know what service or from where you have your e-mail account, but the end objective is to disable the current one.
First, you have to setup a brand new one which will eventually replace the one that is being abused.
But the key to controlling any future abuse on the new one, is to never use the new one.
The key phrase to search for is "email alias" .
I did that and listed a few of the common ones below.
Some services call them by their technical name: "e-mail alias" (Microsoft OutLook), some call them: "nicknames" (Google Apps).
Then think up some sort of naming plan for you nicknames.
For instance I might set (if I owned example.com or had an email account with them):
Amazon@Example.com
as the nickname that I will use for everything "Amazon".
The mail server that receives mail for
Amazon@Example.com will look up what that nickname is linked to and find:
MyRealAddress@Example.com
And send the mail there (which is your new, real, never to be exposed, email address).
In a similar manner, your e-mail client can be set (usually something called personalities) to use:
Amazon@Example.com as the 'from' and 'reply-to' address.
Then everything works just as if the nickname was the real address name.
Why?
When you setup a (different) nickname for to be used with each of your correspondents it is very easy to tell who "leaked" your e-mail address to someone interested in abusing it.
Then all you have to do is invent a new nickname for that correspondent and disable the one being abused.
Which effects only that correspondent, not all of your other correspondents (because they already have a different nickname).
These links explain it better than I can.
Outlook:
https://support.office.com/en-us/art...9-8f285b13f1f2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...manage-aliases
FastMail:
https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/aliases.html
https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/
RackSpace:
https://support.rackspace.com/how-to...ckspace-email/
There are a lot of services that offer free (watch out, check these carefully) or low cost email service with an unlimited number of aliases.