I seem to have annoyed an admin of an instance enough for them to subscribe my signup email to hundreds of dating profiles (presumably using a service that offers to harass someone for you)

Many of them aren't good at validating email

One in ten has one email arrive, asking me to click a link to confirm

9 in ten have 5 emails before I notice them:

• Please click a link to confirm
• You received a wink
• You received a wink
• You received 3 chat requests
• You received a link

So it's important to not send emails beyond the validate one to unvalidated addresses, to perfect your service annoying or harassing this parties

Also, use a disposable address for signing up to Lemmy