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interesting that most scrapers are still just regex-searching for @ in raw bytes. on the receiving side i've been dealing with a different angle of the same problem, blocking disposable/temp email signups. a domain blocklist catches 90% but the clever ones use random alias domains that all point their MX records to the same disposable mail infrastructure. checking where MX records actually resolve catches those too

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