Comments on: RIP the catch-all email http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email GoogleSightseeing.com Company Blog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ben Ward http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email/comment-page-1#comment-1746 Ben Ward Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:19:17 +0000 http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email#comment-1746 <p>Oh bugger.</p> <p>At 13,000 spams per month gobbled by my forwarding to gmail I think my problem isn't quite so bad, but effectively the same. You've perfectly described my approach to handing out email addresses over the years. Unfortunately most of the spam is delivered to ben@ which means most of my mail will stop arriving.</p> <p>I find the spam/anti-spam arms race fascinating but having to keep up with it makes it a real arse ache.</p> <p>Witness the powAr of the Incredible Viagra Regular Expression: http://crouchingbadger.com/?p=246</p> Oh bugger.

At 13,000 spams per month gobbled by my forwarding to gmail I think my problem isn’t quite so bad, but effectively the same. You’ve perfectly described my approach to handing out email addresses over the years. Unfortunately most of the spam is delivered to ben@ which means most of my mail will stop arriving.

I find the spam/anti-spam arms race fascinating but having to keep up with it makes it a real arse ache.

Witness the powAr of the Incredible Viagra Regular Expression: http://crouchingbadger.com/?p=246

]]> By: Nev http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email/comment-page-1#comment-966 Nev Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:10:08 +0000 http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email#comment-966 <p>I'm coming to the conclusion that email as we know it is in its death throes. The much talked about redesign of the Internet isn't going to happen any time soon. Declaring yourself email bankrupt is becoming more and more common.</p> <p>The rise of the social network among the youth has led to them abandoning email completely apart from when they have to deal with the older generation. I think that Scoble may have even jumped onto the Facebook bandwagon to keep in touch with his friends (which is akin to a big whitelist anyway). Either that or he just wants to pretend that he's down with the kids...</p> I’m coming to the conclusion that email as we know it is in its death throes. The much talked about redesign of the Internet isn’t going to happen any time soon. Declaring yourself email bankrupt is becoming more and more common.

The rise of the social network among the youth has led to them abandoning email completely apart from when they have to deal with the older generation. I think that Scoble may have even jumped onto the Facebook bandwagon to keep in touch with his friends (which is akin to a big whitelist anyway). Either that or he just wants to pretend that he’s down with the kids…

]]> By: Alex Turnbull http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email/comment-page-1#comment-946 Alex Turnbull Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:02:20 +0000 http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email#comment-946 <p>Very thoughtful article! I should read this blog more often :)</p> <p>I'm scared now - I still use my catchall, and I have used it so much that I'd have to spend a long time sorting out mailing list subscriptions...</p> Very thoughtful article! I should read this blog more often :)

I’m scared now – I still use my catchall, and I have used it so much that I’d have to spend a long time sorting out mailing list subscriptions…

]]> By: Nico http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email/comment-page-1#comment-943 Nico Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:09:22 +0000 http://rotacoo.com/rip-the-catch-all-email#comment-943 <p>“Your email address is the same as our company name? What a coincidence!” Haha, nice ^^</p> <p>I already hate spammers just because of 8 mails per day.</p> “Your email address is the same as our company name? What a coincidence!” Haha, nice ^^

I already hate spammers just because of 8 mails per day.

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