The way I have set up my email system allows me to put the name of a company (th
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The way I have set up my email system allows me to put the name of a company (that say I am buying a book from) in front of the @ and my domain name.net after it. So, when I get an email from amazon@****.net, and it's from a different company, I would know that Amazon have sold my email address or their email address book has been stolen.
This has happened today with groupon.co.uk who tell me that it's not their fault that I have received a nasty spam email addressed to groupon@****.net, it's probably come from a cookie which I have on my computer. Is that possible?
Explanation / Answer
No, it's not possible. If you've only used the groupon@****.net email address on the Groupon website then any cookie it might be in is only readable by Groupon themselves, or by a third-party whose content Groupon have permitted to appear on their website (unless the security of your own computer has been compromised).
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