Admittedly the title is pretty sensationalist. The repo activity seems to indicate that the project has some users. It’s impossible to know how many sites or which sites block emails contained in this list and what the impact might be. Even though I think the 7c/fakefilter project is inane, I would hesitate to say there would be no consequences at all.

It’s best to defend legitimate email providers whenever possible. If we don’t, those with an axe to grind get to define the provider’s reputation.

I don’t use Simplelogin so I don’t know how their service works. The domains used for aliases don’t need to originate email so there’s no need for an SPF record. The A record for the hostname used for the MX record(s) could technically point at multiple IPs that could be changed often.

I own a significant number of domains and manage my own servers. There’s quite literally no way for anyone to prevent me from using an email alias.

My point was that trying to block email aliases is a fool’s errand. It’s a slight hindrance to only the least technical users. The entire 7c/fakefilter project is an exercise in futility.

Simplelogin supports custom domains. This is a non-issue if you use your own domain(s).

I was at CompUSA back in the 90s and there was a Red Hat box with a manual in the clearance bin. I think it was Red Hat 4. I took it home and installed it on an old computer. I mainly used it as a server for testing Perl scripts for my own websites but I did use it as a desktop some.

I was a Windows N/T and Novell Netware administrator at the time and the company I worked for needed a “Linux guy”. Most people had barely heard of Linux so I became the de facto Linux admin. I ended up managing an Apache server and writing what was really just an API that ran under mod_perl. It returned structured text like modern APIs (JSON wasn’t a thing yet).

Now almost 30 years later and I still love Linux. Linux powers my life. I run my own email and web servers. I self-host lots of stuff. I’m not a big fan of desktop Linux but I work on Linux servers all day long. I have no desire to come home and fuck with my workstations.

I live in a large metropolitan area in the US and my kids have never used ChromeOS. Our school district issues iPads for elementary school and middle school and beyond receive Windows laptops. Our public library is 100% Windows with the exception of the makerspace which has a few imacs scattered around. Their Windows computers re-image themselves after every use so securing them is really not much of an issue.

I can afford a new car. Want to know how I can afford a new car?

By not doing stupid things like buying new cars.

I remember Reddit. It’s a shame what happened there. 🤷‍♂️

I never thought I’d be talking about Reddit in the past tense like when I talk about Digg.

At those prices you’re really better off getting a lower end NUC format computer which can be found for under $100 USD. Raspberry Pi was cool and innovative when it was new but those days are long gone.

I’ve bought a couple of cheap Beelink machines and I’ve been really happy with them so far.

“leafs”? Really?