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Discussion on: Tips to prevent spam ☔️

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Ben Sinclair

I'm generally against blocking disposable email addresses.
They're perfectly valid, they're just more open to abuse than others.

I mean, for a while I had a catchall on notareal.email so I could sign up with "fakename@notareal.email" or "justtesting@notareal.email" and whatever I used would work.

Disposable emails add a level of privacy some people might want - or need - and they don't have to expire, either.

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Yogi

Disposable emails have both advantage and disadvantages!

  • If a user lost his password there is no way to reset it
  • Cuz it is disposable the email sent from the server will bounce back, providers like AWS SES, Sendgrid hate bounces, if your bounce rate is above 10% they will block the website's email address
  • There is the possibility to steal someone's account if you see anyone can log into someone's email and request for reset password.