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fiddlerwoaroof on Jan 30, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: We got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish sp...

The other thing Gmail does is ignore `.` in the local part. So, one other trick would be to use particular dot patterns for specific accounts.

Moru on Jan 30, 2025 [–]

I have seen spam messages using random distribution of '.' in mails for years to my gmail.

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