Keeping your email address private

>Enter the fake email (e.g. "user@server.fake") and click "Add"

Rather than a fake email, you could set it to "your_username@users.noreply.github.com" -- That's the email address used when you make edits from the web.

This seems like the best solution (why the hell didn't GitHub suggest it?!). Being able to contact a dev about their code through their GitHub account is much better than fake addresses that leave you incommunicado.

With the advent of new gTLDs, .fake could be registered. So, use .invalid, a reserved TLD.

I have high(er) profile project on github. It started as opensource and latter turned to full-time job. Every week I get about 50 viagra emails, but also some job offers.

I would recommend everyone to use multiple emails. One personal for friends, one for open-source (perhaps commercial) activities and third provided by your employer. Hiding your email is not really long term solution.