I treat it as a back-end mailbox for my own smtp server. 100% of email that reaches my gmail
box without going to another address at my mail server first is spam. I used a similar flow a few years ago that worked until I made the mistake of signing into some service using "Sign in with Google" and then it was all down-hill from there. Within a few months I found myself on customer lists that I hadn't signed up for, and my spam folder grew as well. YMMV, but that was my culprit. - Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.scott@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 8:15 AM J. Hellenthal via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hey google, siri, or Alexa phoning home and your information put into a local database as a new person in the area for which they have bought your address.... I could believe that.
-- J. Hellenthal
The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
On Sep 14, 2020, at 13:33, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
Howdy,
I've noticed something odd. When I lived in Virginia, I started receiving email directly to my gmail box from my U.S. Representative. Unsolicited spam from Congressmen is nothing new but it was a little odd that they found my gmail box (which I don't give out) and not one of the hundreds of aliases at herrin.us or dirtside.com which I do give out. The gmail box exists only in mail headers; "From" is always a different address.
I moved to Seattle. Today I found my grmail box subscribed to a congressman's list from a nearby Washington jurisdiction. Not some random congressman. And not any of the addresses I give out; my gmail box's address which I don't.
Anyone else have a similar experience? Any idea how a hidden address is making it on to relevant congressmens' lists but not any others? That's weird right?
Regards, Bill Herrin
-- William Herrin bill@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/