e-mail addresses

[maitre d']

Is there a finite number or capacity for e-mail addresses?   I've lost count of the number I've banned from my inbox - it's approaching tens of 1,000's.   What I really mean is will there come a day when spammers have used every variation or available capacity?

[ianess]

Good question and I'm sorry I don't have an answer.

I have a similar problem in that I'm being inundated with e-mails usually from medical or porn sites that aren't even addressed to me.

I ban them all but still it goes on.  It seems to get worse after talking on Messenger to a contact in Canada but I can't prove this.  Any advice or help most welcome.

[OBonio]

Yes, there is only a finite number of email addresses but with new Top Level Domains being added (like .info, .biz etc) then this extends the number of permutations by a large factor.

Although it is definitely finite, the number of possible addresses easily goes into the gazillion billions (if there is such a number).

[warthog]

why not try a spam blocker prog. I use mailwasher,its free! and you configure it to what you want,no more spam,great.There are other progs out there as well.cheers

[ianess]

Thanks for that warthog.   I've taken your advice and downloaded mailwasher.  Hope it works!  3 stars in advance.