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Old 29 Sep 2021, 06:50 AM   #12
xyzzy
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Originally Posted by TenFour View Post
For junk signups use anything you want, but I would recommend just getting a free Gmail address that then forwards to your main email inbox. That guarantees that Gmails superior spam filtering gets rid of the nasty stuff, and if needed you can just get rid of it. I have Gmail addresses that are 15 years old that almost never have spam delivered to the inbox despite having been used all over the Internet and being exposed in more than one data breach. Their spam and malware detection is that good.
But doesn't "Almost never" mean then you have to still go visit that gmail account within every 30 days (gmail's spam lifetime) to check it for false positives? As good as it is you can never assume it's 100% perfect.
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