[QasimK]

Instead of blacklisting the [e-mail] email, you could whitelist emails like [e-mail]. You can create a filter so that if it doesn't match the whitelist - including stripping the plus - then it will be automatically binned.

I describe this technique in my blog post[0]. I'll warn everyone now though, you'll probably want an email address for real people that you trust (like [e-mail]). Also, you'll rarely have to email companies, but it is a pain if you need to do it from the +plus email.

[0]: http://iamqasimk.com/2016/10/16/absolutely-zero-email-spam/

[thegeomaster]

>Also, you'll rarely have to email companies, but it is a pain if you need to do it from the +plus email.

This is absolutely true, and it's very painful. I sadly now recommend against using +plus addressing if there is a possibility you'll need to get in touch with support for a website for any reason, and I have a cautionary tale. So many websites have incredibly shitty "security features" and incredibly shitty code.

I had an account with a payment processing website with [e-mail]. They sent me an email requesting some additional info about a payment I was to receive in order for it to clear. I responded from [e-mail]. The automated system helpfully informed me that they can only accept email from the email in the account (argh). So I sigh, go over to the website, and change my email to [e-mail]. No luck---there's already an account with that email. OK, I might have created one before and don't remember. I try to login with this info, hoping I can delete that account, but can't seem to get the password right, and it's not saved anywhere. So I use the "Forgot Password" feature. Oops, it looks like I haven't finished the onboarding process with that account, and so I can't reset the password on it (who even thought of this?!). So I make an alias of [e-mail], change my email to that, and try responding from that alias. No luck. Turns out that you have to actually use the address they originally sent the email to. If you've changed it, oh, that's too bad---please open a support ticket with us.

It took around 7 days of back-and-forth and waiting for responses from support (lots of waiting!) to explain that I'm just trying to respond to an email they sent me, and a lot of canned responses from people completely misunderstanding what my problem is.

Would not recommend to anyone.

[hawktheslayer]

Thanks for sharing! You thought this one through more thoroughly than I have. And your closing line about it being impractical is unfortunately all too true.