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0 pointsEddieDante4y ago0 comments

I use "contact@" for when somebody who isn't a friend wants my email address. I have a separate, private address for people who actually matter to me. Everything addressed to "contact@" immediately gets marked as read and saved to a separate folder so it doesn't clutter my inbox.

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Macha4y ago· 1 in thread

contact@ specifically is high up in things that spammers try when they have no leads to go on though. ~50% of my spam in my catchall comes from contact@ admin@ and similar addresses.

EddieDanteOP4y ago

True, but I can't be bothered to come up with anything more distinctive. And if my local gym wants to send me bullshit notifications and advertisements despite me being a longtime customer who pays for his membership annually, they can damn well go in the spam bucket alongside the cold emails from tech recruiters, Ukrainian mail-order brides, and Danielle Kennedy from Prime Equity Funding. I don't really give a shit. Email has achieved parity with snail mail: it's nice to get from friends, but otherwise an annoyance.

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