: I prefer to use email tags as they require no setup and only require action if you want to block them. Therefore you can use them more casually and still determine the source of any spam

@Shanna517

I prefer to use email tags as they require no setup and only require action if you want to block them. Therefore you can use them more casually and still determine the source of any spam emails. All you have to do is put +sometag after your "local-part", e.g.

john+sketchy-mailing-list@smith.tld


In this case, sketchy-mailing-list is the tag. So when you see spam e-mails sent to john+sketchy-mailing-list@smith.tld, you know it was the Sketchy Mailing List Company that sold your email address to spammers. Then you can block all emails with that tag and report the spammers and complicit companies to the proper authorities.

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