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by shimo5037 3508 days ago
While it may have worked in the past (for a while anyway), what exactly prevents spammers from stripping the suffix, given that the functionality has been public knowledge for many years? Best case they'll be lazy and try both with and without, and you'll end up knowing. Blocking the alias cannot possibly have any effect.
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> Blocking the alias cannot possibly have any effect.

Ah, but it does work (for me, twice). Of course spammers could strip the suffix. But since spam is a numbers game, I'm not sure it's worth the effort for them.