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Block launchpad registration with throw-away mailboxes

Asked by Manfred Hampl

Several recent spam messages on answers.launchpad.net have originated from users who have registered with e-mail addresses @mailinator.com

mailinator is a service allowing the creation of mail addresses without any registration and control, see https://www.mailinator.com/faq.html

I suggest checking whether it is possible and advisable to refuse registration on Launchpad with the use of such e-mail addresses.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#1

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

Re-opening the question, because the latest spams again came in with @mailinator.com addresses.

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Best William Grant (wgrant) said : 		#3

There are numerous other email address sources that are difficult or impossible to block; restricting particular domains just makes groups of spammers harder to identify.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

Thanks William Grant, that solved my question.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

Thank you, understood.
Rating all @mailinator.com addresses potentially as spam candidates is of course also possible.