Craigslist Ea (2024)

FAQs

How to respond to a Craigslist response? ›

Make sure the post you are responding to is still active by refreshing the page. If the recipient has opted out of the conversation, you will no longer be able to email that address. Try sending your message again with less content, fewer or no attachments, and reduced file sizes.

Craigslist provides a "cover" email address that is forwarded to the recipient's actual email address. Only Craigslist knows the real email addresses of both parties. This way, if one of the people involved turns out to be untrustworthy, they don't have the other person's email address.

To reply to a Craigslist post, just click the reply button. To use your device's default email app, select the first link. Otherwise, select the web-based email you use (like Gmail or Yahoo) or copy and paste the email address at the bottom of the window into a new email manually.

Avoid adding any personal information in the posting, including your name, real phone number or real email address. Always use the generated email address on your Craigslist posts. This creates a random email address, so the poster doesn't have your real email on file.

Protecting Yourself When Using Craigslist

Respond to the email you receive with your dedicated Craigslist email address. Limit personal information, such your address or phone number, in an email response.

Some Craigslist listings will offer a phone contact to call or text, though most listings will only offer an email contact. You can click an email link to open your email app automatically or copy and paste the link into an email program later.

Can I Find Out Who Flagged My Craigslist Post? No. While you cannot figure out who exactly flagged your Craigslist post, it is still possible to edit your ad to align itself with Craigslist's Terms of Use to get it live again.

Does flagging a Craigslist post remove it? ›

Free classified ads sufficiently flagged are subject to automated removal. Postings may also be flagged for removal by CL staff or CL automated systems. Millions of ads are removed by flagging monthly, nearly all of which violate the CL terms of use.

Since the process is automatic, you might get banned when you post too many ads in a day, or send too many connections to Craigslist from a single device. This means that if you are using Craigslist for your business, you are risking your livelihood by being too active!

If you are using a free email account (like Hotmail and Yahoo), make sure you have not exceeded your mailbox storage limit, and check your bulk/junk/spam mail folder(s).

Your email is anonymized as a seller responding to a Craigslist email, but the name field is not. PLEASE NOTE: The “real name” field (e.g. Jane Doe) in your email program is passed through to the recipient. Any contact information in the body of your message will pass through unaltered.

SMTP relay services work in a similar way. The sender's message is sent to an SMTP server and placed in a virtual envelope. The SMTP server identifies that the recipient's domain is not the sender's domain, so relay services send it off to the recipient's main email server that handles incoming messages.

Sometimes short and sweet (like a simple, “Thanks!”) is all that's really required. Sometimes a longer, thoughtful response is in order (like when a commenter asks you a question). However, remember that this isn't a two-way street. A lot of other people are often reading these comments as lurkers.

Unfortunately, no such protection exists for those replying to posts. When you reply directly from Craigslist, your email address will be visible to the recipient. To reply anonymously, you need to create a free Web-based email address, which does not contain identifiable information.