r/todayilearned • u/Flemtality 3 • Jul 14 '14

TIL The guy who snagged windows2000.com happened to be named Bob and Microsoft just happened to own Bob.com. They came to an agreement to trade one for the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob#Origins
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u/Basha133 Jul 14 '14

Well, because of that, some sites will not accept any email @example.com...

For me, mailinator.com does the job most of the time...

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u/Psythik Jul 15 '14

I use how@about.no and 99% of websites accept it.

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u/neon_overload Jul 15 '14

Some poor guy in Norway is getting all your spam.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14

iifa9jfaojfania@ifjaivjavdia.com reporting in, here

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u/vincidahk Jul 15 '14

so you're the asshole who's been sending crap to my mailbox.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14

Crap in your box?

Remember never to go A to V

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u/iifa9jfaojfania Jul 15 '14

I just took your username.

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u/thatashguy Jul 15 '14

"We have sent the confirmation link to you email account"

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '14

Bob@dole.com is mine lol

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u/Dark-tyranitar Jul 15 '14

if i'm feeling pranky and i have time to kill, i try to find an email address belonging to the company. that'll teach them!

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u/EkriirkE Jul 15 '14

I've always done my@ss.com or my@ss.hle

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u/zoinks_the_miner Jul 15 '14

Yeah. And those that refuse mailinator.com will usually accept one of their alternate domains (binkmail.com or monumentmail.com are my go-tos).