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Old 29 Jan 2018, 08:41 AM   #7
n5bb
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Irving, Texas
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I use one main account (at Fastmail), but make use of email subdomain aliases and filing rules so that all messages from that sourcer go to a specified folder. So all LinkedIn messages are in one folder, all Facebook messages in a different folder, etc. So I can ignore those messages until I decide to occasionally look them over.

To use such a system it’s best if you can create a unique email address (subdomain or plus address) for each service or business you sign up for. Then if there is a data breach at that service you can see when spam messages are being sent to that special address you only used for that one service (and never to send messages). This has shown me clear evidence of data breaches at a bank (their marketing group, I think), a large store chain (who had a temporary marketing arrangement with Amazon), and what is now Solar Winds (which had some kind of data breach a few years ago).

Bill
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