I’m confused as to how and why people would even want to send an email to anybody@noreply.net.
I often get email that says “do not reply to this email” and it appears to be sent from noreply@our.domain. This I understand. So am I understanding correctly that many companies/mailing systems use @noreply.net in the same manner?
I have a firstname.lastname[at]gmail.com email address.
Every single week I get a different person’s legitimate email because they forget their email is firstname.lastname12345[at]gmail.com or some other number, and sign me up for stuff…
I get bank statements, rent notices, holiday bookings, xbox live accounts, kayak club membership emails, pizza delivery receipts, Amazon.com accounts and purchases…
You name it…
XKCD calls it “Reverse ID Theft” - I call it “Identity Donation”: it’s like people think: “here… Be me for a bit… See how you like it…”
Hah. I have a first initial + last name Gmail address. I occasionally get an email meant for somebody else, but one time I got an email about “plans for the wedding” and it was an itinerary for the bridal party etc. I had to respond to that one and be like “Hey you have the wrong email address”
I could have messed with them. Or shown up for the wedding or whatever, but I didn’t want to ruin somebody’s special day. It wasn’t the fun thing to do, but it was the right thing to do.
I’m confused as to how and why people would even want to send an email to anybody@noreply.net.
I often get email that says “do not reply to this email” and it appears to be sent from noreply@our.domain. This I understand. So am I understanding correctly that many companies/mailing systems use @noreply.net in the same manner?
But why? Why not to noreply@our.domain?
I have a firstname.lastname[at]gmail.com email address.
Every single week I get a different person’s legitimate email because they forget their email is firstname.lastname12345[at]gmail.com or some other number, and sign me up for stuff…
I get bank statements, rent notices, holiday bookings, xbox live accounts, kayak club membership emails, pizza delivery receipts, Amazon.com accounts and purchases…
You name it…
XKCD calls it “Reverse ID Theft” - I call it “Identity Donation”: it’s like people think: “here… Be me for a bit… See how you like it…”
https://xkcd.com/1279/
Well that XKCD comic nailed it. There is a doctor in another state with my name and occasionally patients send me their prescription questions.
I also had to specifically ask a lady with a similar phone number to stop giving mine out.
Hah. I have a first initial + last name Gmail address. I occasionally get an email meant for somebody else, but one time I got an email about “plans for the wedding” and it was an itinerary for the bridal party etc. I had to respond to that one and be like “Hey you have the wrong email address”
I could have messed with them. Or shown up for the wedding or whatever, but I didn’t want to ruin somebody’s special day. It wasn’t the fun thing to do, but it was the right thing to do.
read the article
I did. It does not answer this particular question