Post APUncw2WwMKnQoG1M8 by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
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 (DIR) Post #APUncsfjSfJczEZGu8 by stardot@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-11T09:47:36Z
       
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       I've kept the same personal #email address for over 15 years. Its been ok spam wise on avg but in the past few months spammers have been using my address on hundreds of web forms that bounce the message back to me and its becoming a torrent. Considering abandoning this address and trying one of the catch-all methods to block compromised addresses but it sounds like it might just end up being more administration than it's worth and I should just accept email is akin to cleaning out a septic tank.
       
 (DIR) Post #APUncw2WwMKnQoG1M8 by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2022-11-11T13:42:38Z
       
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       @stardot Yeh my email address is decades old now; I feed it through 3 antispam filters and based on the cumulative score sort into almost-certainly-spam, probably-spam and inbox; not that much reaches my inbox any more and I don't get many false positives, certainly not into the 'almsot-certainly' category.
       
 (DIR) Post #APV1Ivn9YFm0EFQ7lY by stardot@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-11T16:15:49Z
       
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       @penguin42 theres something about this technique they seem to have adopted using PHP forms online, they send one message and spam two people, the domain is usually properly configured so all the DKIM elements shave off spam score and it usually flies under the radar because the spammy language isn't weighted high enough. Could spend a long time adjusting things and never get it quite right