Sirened

We’ve all gotten them: Emails from various companies with the return address DoNotReply.com. Obviously that’s pretty obvious to those paying attention, but do you know what happens if you do reply?

It’s not what you might otherwise think from the picture, they don’t get transfered to 12 year old kids in India (although they should!). Especially considering what does happen if you reply.

According to this story from the Washington Post they go to Chet Faliszek’s email. Who the hell is that you ask? Good question! He’s the man that gets all the replies to do not reply!

Now the next question is why? Why don’t they vanish or go to Indian kids? Because back in 2000, Chet and some friends decided to buy up a bunch of web addresses including donotreply.com. Most of the emails Chet receives are in response to spam but some major corporations have sent emails with the address donotreply.com. One notable one is Capitol One. Chet has also received sensitive information about Iraq from the company Kellog Brown & Root (a former subsidiary of Halliburton). If you have any questions please ask at DoNotReply.com.

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