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[-] misophist@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a list of places you can get free, disposable email addresses. Protonmail fits here. Now, why anybody would use this list for mail filtering is a whole different question. They'd be blocking some huge email providers.

[-] generic@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 1 year ago

Isn't every email address disposable?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Quite a few companies block free email addresses from filling out forms due to abuse. Happens all the time.

[-] gingersneak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What company in their right mind blocks Gmail? Also, who pays for email?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Companies that engage in business to business services.

Say you have a free demo of the product you're selling, but you want to limit downloads to other legitimate businesses, because that's your market.

You gate it behind a form, and rig the form submission to reject free and ISP email addresses.

So someone@microsoft.com - desirable and allowed. someone@aol.com or cox.net - not your market, block form submission.

Happens ALL the time.

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