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I'm not sure exactly what do you mean by "safe", but perhaps a simpler solution would be to just append your domain name, turning bob@microsoft.com into bob@microsoft.com.plusthree.com? (The lessons are still good, of course.)

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Re^2: Another Endless Loop
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 23, 2007 at 19:24 UTC
    Or if the intent is to hide the original domain, a hash or the original domain could be used instead.
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      And if you still want something "meaningful" map the hash into a word, or two words joined together, from a word list (like /usr/dict/words).

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        Be careful with that one - it's filled with nasty words. Just wait till the client demo when you get to explain what goat@fucker.com is doing on the screen!

        -sam

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Re^2: Another Endless Loop
by samtregar (Abbot) on Feb 24, 2007 at 23:54 UTC
    I meant "safe" in terms of not violating anyone's privacy. These email addresses are real ones and revealing them to other clients in a sales demo seems like a bad thing. If it's not actually illegal it probably violates our privacy policy! Just sticking something on the end doesn't seem like enough.

    -sam

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