Technology

59197 readers

2953 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Best email provider against spam? (lemy.lol)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

51 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I want to use my main mail address everywhere, even public places. But I doubt if I can guard myself against spam.

Is there a provider specialized in spam protection? Or at least good at it?

At last, given your experience, should I even do it?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Most spam i get is from a random @gmail address as source, can't be that great. And they are shit with attachements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tell us you don't understand how the "From" header works without telling us.

FYI, that is really just a text string. Most providers don't let you change it, but its not exactly hard to falsify. People are largely ignorant of the fact that email mostly isnt trustworthy. Spammers abuse this ignorance constantly.

In order to send email as another address, gmail requires you to verify the address by sending you an email there first. AFAIK, they never re-verify, but that's the main weakness I see.