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Hello,

If you look at some craigslist posts like this -

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mis/349476796.html

- you will see they use a some-random-number@craigslist.org e-mail address for replies.

Basically when someone posts something, they input their e-mail address, and then an anonymous craigslist e-mail address is created which is linked to the real e-mail address.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thank you
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you could append your .redirect in UNIX with something like
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per-2334|bobmonkey@hotmail.com,check@yourdomain.com
here emails to per-2334@yourdomain.com will go to bobmonkey@hotmail.com and your box check@yourdomain.com , incase you get a complaint, etc.
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Anyone know how to do this?
Your best bet is to use an MTA like Postfix which can get its email details out of a mysql database. If someone new signs up, create a database entry with the random username and the email it is to be forwarded to, and postfix will take immediate note.

I have implemented something similar before.

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Thank you both for your replies. I shall look into both your suggestions.
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