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AlexandrBtoday at 1:56 AM1 replyview on HN

Doesn't matter. Most email services[1] use it the way Gmail does and spam is a numbers game. Losing a few valid addresses is worth correlating all those other addresses for most spammers.

Standards only matter to nerds like us.

[1] https://proton.me/blog/what-is-email-alias#5


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Ferret7446today at 2:14 AM

Except plus address users are also less likely to be receptive to spam, so it's probably better to just not bother