Reducing email spam with a domain and catch-all aliases
How to use a custom domain and catch-all email aliases to reduce spam and increase privacy by creating unique addresses for each service.
How to use a custom domain and catch-all email aliases to reduce spam and increase privacy by creating unique addresses for each service.
Discusses effective anti-spam techniques like shadowbanning, adding friction, and filtering bot traffic, based on a Hacker News thread.
Analysis of spam registrations on Sourcehut, showing Gmail as the largest source and discussing email provider responsibility.
A follow-up article discussing three alternative solutions to CAPTCHA systems for spam prevention, focusing on user experience and accessibility.
A critique of CAPTCHAs, arguing they are insecure, inaccessible, and shift the burden of spam prevention onto users instead of site owners.
Explores using Unicode characters like @ and ․ to hide email addresses from spambots, offering a less common alternative to traditional methods.