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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

That's a use case for aliases, catching if any company or service gives out your email to be abused by advertisers and whatnot. I tried looking for stories but didn't find any, I wonder if you have any to share.

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[-] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago

Spammers really don't care about my self-hosted mail server for whatever reason, no matter where I use it.

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I’ve noticed this too

[-] ayaya 1 points 4 months ago

Really? For me rspamd blocks at least 15 spam emails a day, usually from China or Russia. An additional 2-3 go to the junk folder, and some still slip through the cracks especially if it's coming from a gmail address.

But it could be as simple as it being because my email is publicly available (github, my website, etc.) so scrapers are picking it up.

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