[richardv]

Looking at a listing[1], I notice that you provide email addresses to users and presumably act like a craiglists for anonymous messaging...

I'm just curious though, don't you find that you get spammed out if you do this?

I think providing email addresses to users on a marketplace is a great way of keeping discussions/messages boxed up in your platform, but showing the emails on the site must result in way too many spam emails?

[1] : http://42floors.com/ny/new-york/25-w-39th-st/3171

[darrennix]

We used to expose the raw email address of the underlying user. Now it's a two-way email proxy, which is why the domain is "Floors.me" e.g. [e-mail]

We do get spammed but we've been able to keep a handle on it. Mailgun's filters capture most of the spam and we have backup handlers in place to address the rest.

[underwater]

Do users know who they're emailing with the anonymous addresses? The [e-mail] address may look like they have to communicate via 42floors (meaning more friction) instead of directly with the manager. Craigslist emails are more obviously throw aways.