Emails to be wary of..
Although it’s been an issue ever since I started writing a blog over a decade ago I’ve noticed a recent increase in phony comments, some of them using domains like that above to generate plausible email addresses. I’ve blocked all comments from people using such email addresses, including those from above. I had a lot of trouble a few years ago from someone sending nasty anonymous emails which has left me ill-disposed towards people using addresses like these.
Anyway, I thought I’d remind potential commenters of what it says on the front page of this blog:
Feel free to comment on any of the posts on this blog but comments may be moderated; anonymous comments and any considered by me to be abusive will not be accepted.
I don’t block comments that disagree with my opinions, but I write the posts and I’m not anonymous so I don’t see why commenters should be allowed to be.
For you information, since I started this blog in 2008, a total of 37,062 comments have been published (including those by me). A total of 2,730,621 have been blocked.
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In the Dark 
May 20, 2021 at 1:18 pm
“I don’t block comments that disagree with my opinions, but I write the posts and I’m not anonymous so I don’t see why commenters should be allowed to be.”
Well said, Peter. I’ve found that those who fire off abuse and then whine loudly about “snowflakes” are also those most likely to cower behind anonymity.
May 20, 2021 at 1:21 pm
I find it quite amusing that people use phony email addresses thinking they’re quite clever, but forget that I can track their IP addresses, often to their employer….
May 20, 2021 at 1:23 pm
…unless they’ve scrambled that IP address multiple times via Tor or similar.
May 20, 2021 at 1:28 pm
Yes, some do that.