I've missed out on appointments too, the business owner later told me after I finally reached them on a social platform "that address looked weird so I just deleted it"

Regardless, I still regret nothing, seeing my spam free "catch all" mailbox compared to my spam infested decade old web mail is all I need to know it was the right choice.

My ham radio certification was issued to a nonsensical address because the exam coordinator crammed @gmail.com onto the end without me knowing.