This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
This repository contains a comprehensive list of 117.981 free and disposable email providers
ProtonMail.com is a free email provider. Why would it not be on a list that contains free email providers? Gmail.com and Outlook.com are also on here, because they are also free email providers.
I love how the GitHub issue asking for ProtonMail's domains to be removed is entirely about how Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, and Yahoo provide anonymous emails too and shouldn't they be on the list if ProtonMail is... and they are. Someone is just checking lists for ProtonMail's domains and not actually modifying their copypaste issue or doing any kind of research into the list/repo they're posting to.
I don't think every list of disposable email providers that incorrectly includes ProtonMail deserves a post to !technology@lemmy.world. Lists that are widely used deserve that kind of attention, but this has two stars on Github.
As BombOmOm points out, this list includes free email providers and the inclusion of ProtonMail is correct.
It includes gmail?
Yes it does.
omg virus!!!!
it isn't wrong tho
Obviously, ProtonMail shouldn't be on here, but is this a list anyone even uses?
It's a list of places you can get free, disposable email addresses. Protonmail fits here. Now, why anybody would use this list for mail filtering is a whole different question. They'd be blocking some huge email providers.
Isn't every email address disposable?
Yes, but some are more difficult to get. Personal domains cost money. Edu, gov, and most business emails are harder to get.
Quite a few companies block free email addresses from filling out forms due to abuse. Happens all the time.
What company in their right mind blocks Gmail? Also, who pays for email?
Companies that engage in business to business services.
Say you have a free demo of the product you're selling, but you want to limit downloads to other legitimate businesses, because that's your market.
You gate it behind a form, and rig the form submission to reject free and ISP email addresses.
So someone@microsoft.com - desirable and allowed. someone@aol.com or cox.net - not your market, block form submission.
Happens ALL the time.
You need to take it up with the owner of the repository if you have a beef with it, but I see no reason why it shouldn't be on the list.
Protomail and simplelogions ate on an exclude list of freelancer.com. Can't register on it
This is the second thread I've seen like this recently. Proton made a properly labeled throwaway github user to open issues on every repo with anti-abuse lists that contained their domains a few weeks ago. Now different throwaway users are opening new issues for the repos that declined to remove them and then posting to social media trying to rile up an outrage mob to flood the issues. Seems super sketch. Yet another reason to stay away from everything proton.
Added a thumbs up. Hope it helps.
