Comments on: Ghost Email http://allforces.com/2005/05/18/ghost-email/ Design, Music & Mac Geekery Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Francisco Throttlethwat http://allforces.com/2005/05/18/ghost-email/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Francisco Throttlethwat Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:19:40 +0000 http://allforces.com/?p=19#comment-308 I've been doing this for a long time and what Massimo says is indeed a problem if you use a "catch all" email account. It's still worth it, however. The most interesting discovery I made was the harvesting of my whois information. Whenever I register a domain, I use whois@freshdomain.com for my contact information. Getting a message sent to whois@whatever.com simply blows my mind. I’ve been doing this for a long time and what Massimo says is indeed a problem if you use a “catch all” email account.

It’s still worth it, however.

The most interesting discovery I made was the harvesting of my whois information. Whenever I register a domain, I use whois@freshdomain.com for my contact information. Getting a message sent to whois@whatever.com simply blows my mind.

]]> By: Massimo http://allforces.com/2005/05/18/ghost-email/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Massimo Fri, 20 May 2005 14:28:28 +0000 http://allforces.com/?p=19#comment-246 One problem though, can be the spammers, that intentionally, and randomly sends to any weird address they can come up with, targeted at your domain, say 1234@yourdomain.com or wewannahelpyou@yourdomain.com. Beware. One problem though, can be the spammers, that intentionally, and randomly sends to any weird address they can come up with, targeted at your domain, say 1234@yourdomain.com or wewannahelpyou@yourdomain.com. Beware.

]]> By: Ed Fladung http://allforces.com/2005/05/18/ghost-email/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Ed Fladung Wed, 18 May 2005 15:06:16 +0000 http://allforces.com/?p=19#comment-241 Hey! how come i didn't think of that? damn. too slick. Hey! how come i didn’t think of that? damn. too slick.

]]> By: Joe http://allforces.com/2005/05/18/ghost-email/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Joe Wed, 18 May 2005 12:07:32 +0000 http://allforces.com/?p=19#comment-240 Even better, use spamgourmet.com. You don't need your own domain, you can control how many emails get thru before they all stop, and you can allow certain addresses and/or domains to get thru for as long as you like. This last feature is useful if you want to try a mailing list, for example, or you want emails from a vendor to get thru but not from any third parties. Even better, use spamgourmet.com. You don’t need your own domain, you can control how many emails get thru before they all stop, and you can allow certain addresses and/or domains to get thru for as long as you like. This last feature is useful if you want to try a mailing list, for example, or you want emails from a vendor to get thru but not from any third parties.

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