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I doubt if I should be complaining about this but our email subscriber list has increased by about 50% over the last month or two!! We're in a bit of a niche market and only operate in the UK so the increase has taken us by surprise.
A lot of the email addresses have a '+' in the address which I find strange and most of them have this in the history 'Online Store created this customer'.
Does anyone know - are these being generated by some bot somewhere? Can only think that the Shop app might be creating them? If so, how do I stop them?
Thanks
Hi Spur,
The presence of a ‘+’ in email addresses is not necessarily an indication of spam. This is a common technique known as email aliasing. Many email providers, like Gmail, allow users to add a ‘+’ followed by additional text to their email addresses. For example, username+alias@gmail.com will still be delivered to username@gmail.com. This can be used for filtering or tracking purposes.
However, the note “Online Store created this customer” could indicate that these email addresses were generated automatically, possibly through a form submission or a bot. Here are a few steps to help you determine if these are spam:
Regards
Hi @Spur,
I hope that they all authentique, while there is no definitive way to check if an email is real or not. You could take a look at it and notice if it looks like a real email a person might have and spot any patters that large influx of emails might have.
Regards,
Marko
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