Re: My first spam on lastname-firstname@debian.org address.
On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 09:48:52PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
>Hello everybody,
>
>I am not sure where to post this, so please forgive me if I missed a
>more suitable medium.
>
>This week I received one spam at mylastname-myfirstname@debian.org
>(or mylogin-myfirstname@debian.org, as in my case, login == lastname).
>Today I tested the address and could confirm that it sends email to me.
>
>I was wondering if this alternative address was intended for a purpose,
>or just an accident. I ask on this list and not directly to DSA in case
>everybody who filled first and last name information also has this
>alias.
>
>This is not so important on my side but made me curious, so feel free to
>take plenty of time before answering.
It's using a fairly standard suffix rule, based on your username. You
can add +<foo> or -<foo> and it will work.
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