• misophist@lemmy.world
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    It’s a list of places you can get free, disposable email addresses. Protonmail fits here. Now, why anybody would use this list for mail filtering is a whole different question. They’d be blocking some huge email providers.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, but some are more difficult to get. Personal domains cost money. Edu, gov, and most business emails are harder to get.

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      Quite a few companies block free email addresses from filling out forms due to abuse. Happens all the time.

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          Companies that engage in business to business services.

          Say you have a free demo of the product you’re selling, but you want to limit downloads to other legitimate businesses, because that’s your market.

          You gate it behind a form, and rig the form submission to reject free and ISP email addresses.

          So someone@microsoft.com - desirable and allowed. someone@aol.com or cox.net - not your market, block form submission.

          Happens ALL the time.