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Old 2nd November 2020, 07:53 PM
Mike O'Pray Mike O'Pray is offline
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Originally Posted by Bob View Post
It's not just you Mike!

I use one-time, throwaway email addresses for these kinds of things.
Seems obvious but I hadn't thought of that until you mentioned it. How does this work? Do you just make an name and e-mail destination up?

Presumably it has to be a correct e-mail destination or an algorithm in the registration system throws up "fake" and prevents you getting any further? My concern would be that I could use a legit e-mail address such as hotmail with a made-up name and saddle someone who has that name and e-mail address with junk mail or have I missed something about how it works that ensures I do not saddle a poor unfortunate with such spam but still gain entry?

Thanks

Mike
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