crazycomputers wrote further:. . .you only have 20 characters to implement [the security key].
It turns out this is not true, either.
GUESS WHAT, EVERYBODY:
You can use very long phrases as the 'words' and 'numbers' in spamgourmet disposables, AND THEY GO THROUGH SPAMGOURMET IN BOTH DIRECTIONS JUST FINE, ADDRESS MASKING AND ALL.
I tested the following:
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testaverylongsentencetoexceedtwentycharacters.
averylongsentencetoexceedtwentycharacterswithavengeance.myaccountname ['at' sign] spamgourmetdomain ['dot'] com
AND IT WORKS!!
The message count for this disposable was obviously ONE, since the first character of the 'number' was the letter 'a'.
After I reset the message count, I was able to send myself another email via the same disposable, but with a different phrase in the 'number', as follows:
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testaverylongsentencetoexceedtwentycharacters.
completelydifferentdatainplaceofthenumberstillexceedingtwentycharacters.
myaccountname ['at' sign] spamgourmetdomain ['dot'] com
This second email, with the new 'number' phrase, was forwarded with that phrase intact. I was able to repeat this process several times - each message counting against the same disposable, but containing a different 'number' phrase.
Address masking for a disposable ALWAYS reverts to the characters used when the disposable was first created. In the example above, when I replied to myself using address masking, the disposables always reverted to:
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testaverylongsentencetoexceedtwentycharacters.
averylongsentencetoexceedtwentycharacterswithavengeance.
myaccountname ['at' sign] spamgourmetdomain ['dot'] com
just the same as the first disposable above.
Disclaimer:
I only made 5 tests. I did not attempt to measure the absolute character limit of the 'word' or 'number' fields. All test exchanges were with an email completely unrelated to the protected address; there was no chance of interaction between spamgourmet and the simulated outside party.
Conclusion:
I think you can start transmitting all kinds of interesting info in your disposables. For the harvester trap, you could even use the SAME disposable for all trappings, and just put code [maybe A LOT of code] in the 'number'. Since you would never reply to the trap-generated disposable, the reversion is irrelevant.
EDIT: fixed the formatting which was giving us uncomfortably long lines