From 67d2faca8904f98e00b3593eb5463082f6475665 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Cech Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:24:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add quote from pypi blog very happy to see this used in pypi! --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 78c3be2..92044c8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ This repo contains a [list of disposable and temporary email address domains](di We cannot guarantee all of these can still be considered disposable but we do basic checking so chances are they were disposable at one point in time. +> One of the most impactful mechanisms we currently have is prohibiting known "throw-away" email domains from creating accounts on the index. We currently use the `disposable-email-domains` list as well as our own internal list to block registration with －or association of － such domains for PyPI accounts. + +-- Ee Durbin, PyPI Admin, Director of Infrastructure (PSF) [link](https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2024-06-16-prohibiting-msn-emails/) + Allowlist ========= The file [allowlist.conf](allowlist.conf) gathers email domains that are often identified as disposable but in fact are not.