Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go?

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Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 11, 2004 @02:52AM from the but-what-does-it-mean-man dept.

ajain writes "Maybe a year and a half back or so, I started using someone@somewhere.com as a dummy email id in online blogs, guestboks, forums, and sundry pages. But then I started wondering what if someone actually tried to email me on that email address. I was sure that it would bounce because I assumed that there wouldn't be an actual email address like that. In any case, just for fun, I decided to google on someone@somewhere.com. And lo behold, there are some 4090 results! I have written a small article at my blog and a reader says NoOne@NoWhere.com is another contender. Do you use some common dummy email IDs too, to get around the privacy problem online? Isn't there a potential for malicious misuse of someone's email ID in this way?"

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isn't it obvious? by Lord+Bitman · 2004-07-11 02:53 · Score: 5, Funny

how many people fill out bill.g@microsoft.com (or something similar)
the answer is "yes", move along.

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1. Re:isn't it obvious? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-11 03:02 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I have been using sjobs@apple.com for years.
2. Re:isn't it obvious? by yobbo · 2004-07-11 03:30 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Actually, my dummy email has always been support@microsoft.com .
3. Re:isn't it obvious? by SatanicPuppy · 2004-07-11 04:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  My personal favorite is Bob@aol.com, mainly because it's so short. I pity the poor bastard who got that email address though...It seems like, with AOL, that address is bound to be in use.
  
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That reminds me... by photonic · 2004-07-11 02:59 · Score: 4, Funny

... i still have to ask a guy named Donald working for Disney and a guy named Dubya working at the whitehouse, if they ever received any mail for me.

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It was you!!! by jjh37997 · 2004-07-11 03:01 · Score: 4, Funny

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Maybe a year and a half back or so, I started using someone@somewhere.com as a dummy email id in online blogs, guestboks, forums, and sundry pages. But then I started wondering what if someone actually tried to email me on that email address.

So.... you're the jackass who clogged up my mailbox with all this crap. Thanks alot, pal!
Re:The winner is foo@bar.com by linzeal · 2004-07-11 03:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Mine is pretty low on the list, but I like it.
fuckyou@fuckyou.com

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Re:Who else? by MikShapi · 2004-07-11 03:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Probbably half the /. crowd, myself among them, worked in support, YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD! Do some good - tell them about darl@sco.com And if you can add a sig with HTML, Feel free to throw this little charm in as well: <A HREF="http://www.thescogroup.com/">litigious bastards</A>

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Re:This is what example.com is for by magarity · 2004-07-11 04:24 · Score: 5, Funny

My favourite: president_gore@whitehouse.gov

A much much more apropriate one in a that genre is bill_clinton@whitehouse.com.
I can just see this... by cjellibebi · 2004-07-11 11:02 · Score: 4, Funny
> Actually, my dummy email has always been support@microsoft.com .
Oh dear... I can see this already.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 555666
Are we satisfied with the length of our penis?
Symptoms: You are unsure if we at Microsoft Support are satisfied with the length of our collective penis.
Resolution: To solve the problem:
1. Repeat the following mantra to yourself over and over again: "Microsoft Support is satisfied with the length of it's penis. Everyone is satisfied with the length of their penises. If I don't stop asking people these questions, my own penis will shrivel up and fall off."...
2. Fuck off.
Status: Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the internet e-mail system, which thanks to our insecure e-mail apps and OSses, has gotten a lot worse than it should. Also, stupid users are to blame.
The information in this article applies to: Yourself you good for nothing spammer, Clippy.
god@heaven.com by wganz · 2004-07-11 13:43 · Score: 4, Funny

I use god@heaven.com in cc: lines for the corporate email responses when someone adds everybody remotely related to the 'issue' to an email. When anyone does a ReplyAll, they get back an undeliverable message from god@heaven.com. In other words, HE doesn't want to hear you whining. The humour is lost on a lot of people.
So you're the one! by pyrrhonist · 2004-07-11 14:11 · Score: 4, Funny

There isn't a no.com, so no one is getting my spam.
When we find you, we will KICK YOUR ASS!!!!!
Sincerely,
Registrant: CentralNic Ltd (NO202-DOM) 64-66 Coleman Street London EC2R 5BX UK Domain Name: NO.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Department, Technical (23456529I) hostmaster@centralnic.net CentralNic Ltd 64-66 Coleman Street London EC2R 5BX UK +44.2073843050 fax: +44.2077369253 Record expires on 26-Oct-2010. Record created on 20-May-1997. Bulk whois optout: Y Database last updated on 11-Jul-2004 22:01:09 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: NS0.CENTRALNIC.NET 213.146.149.169 NS1.CENTRALNIC.NET 213.146.149.134 LON-NS-2.CENTRALNIC.NET 195.149.39.141

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