Does it have any significance?
I like to use the scientific names of common things, like vegetables.
Simplelogin. I have like 500 email addresses, all single use
It’s my cringe weeb account from when I was, like 10. I’m talking “NekoOniBakaChan_xx@wtf.com” levels of cringe.
It was the coolest name from the random generator
Anything that needs an unconfirmed signup, I’ve always used Don B. Sonozi - godfather@mafia.org
I figure that one day a spammer will learn regret.
Its my old gmail account.
My junk mail address is the name people hear when I say my actual name. So I guess it’s the more common, phonetically similar name to mine.
i own a domain, and have a catchall account which forwards to a single address.
any time i sign up for a service, i use their business name as the prefix.
for example : i decide to go shop at a store called Mold Gravy, and the clerk tells me i can save 15% on today’s purchase by giving them my email address. i tell them it’s moldgravy@mydomain.com.
this keeps my actual main email account from getting polluted, and also if i notice an increase in spam, i can see which company either sold my fake email address, or were compromised, and the i can simply block it.
it costs $10/yr for a domain name, and another $5/month for hosting. well worth it.
Genius!
I do this. It’s excellent, no regrets. You can use sublevel domains for more organization
- Email@shopping.domain
- email@banking.domain
Etc, so it’s easier to set alert and category filters. For instance I disable new mail notifications for shopping.domain addresses
If I know a email will truly be temporary, then I just one of those 10 minute email services.
gonna have to see about perhaps implementing this…
Did this forever first with Google, at least them I’d know instantly who sold my info.
Now I do the same with my mailbox.com account, and delete the aliases occasionally.
Would you recommend this for a non technical person?
I have a similar setup, and no. Once it’s configured, it’s easy peasy, but it would probably be a difficult and confusing process for a non-technical person to get through without help. Addy.io is a great service that a non-technical user shouldn’t have any issue using
Thanks, I’ll look into it.
i am gonna jump in and say that it depends on how deeply “non technical” you are. if you are already running your own website, then you could likely handle doing your email the way i do. there’s all kinds of info online, that will show you how to do it.
i did check out addy.io, and it seems simple enough to use. looking further into it, there are other services out there too, that offer a similar service, like forwardemail.net.
have a wander around the web, and see which solution feels right for you.
Well, I do consider myself better than the average user. And I’ve managed to setup my business domain and email. I don’t have a problem with these things. My only issue would be if it needs constant troubleshooting or configuration that would require an in depth understanding of how it works.
i think you will find it relatively easy to do. best of luck!
Yooo this is actually genius.
I do the same but also have a few trap addresses nobody sane should see or email to, but is easy for scrapers to grab. Easy way to train the spam filter.
Got any examples?
I’ve done this as well for a number of years (probably close to 5 at this point) and have only noticed one service that got hacked and my domain got leaked. No spam at all really, but I’ve stayed on top of unsubscribing to all marketing emails
https://www.notcheckmark.com/2022/06/catch-all-domain/
(currently not reachable, archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240804081128/https://www.notcheckmark.com/2022/06/catch-all-domain/)
some interesting points in this article, but none that are dealbreakers for me continuing the way i currently handle my email. the one example of : “your email is Hilton? do you work here?” typically no employee actually cares enough to ask that question. i have been running my email this way for 20 years (ish), so my sample size is large enough to suggest my results are reliable.
still great food for thought, though!
True, and I’m happy that you didn’t take it as criticism. Just wanted to add another perspective :)
can’t learn new things, if other perspectives are angrily dismissed!
I do the exact same thing, except instead of paying monthly for hosting, I pay $12/year for addy.io. Super reliable service and I can easily manage my email aliases with their phone app.
ooh! the cheapskate part of me likes this option!
It’s the main email that I have been using for almost 20 years. Now it is my junk email.
Buy a cheap xyz domain. Use catchall address.
A couple words from a dream I’d had that burrowed deep into my brain for a short time. I figured it was unique enough, I could get the original and not have to add number at the end.
Cook idea! Weird how some dreams stick with you for years… or even a lifetime.
I remember a couple of first dreams from before I was a toddler. (I have memories from a loooong time ago, actually.) My dreams at the time kinda blended with reality and I couldn’t tell the difference.
My email comes with masked email options, so if I need an email I just hit create and it generates one that forwards to/from my account. Just as easy to block or delete them.
Sounds good. Which provider do you use?
I don’t know who OP uses, but I know that Fastmail has that feature and its pretty handy.
That was what I’m using. With Protonmail they bought SimpleLogin and it was more or less the same.
Duck duck go has generative email addresses. Seem to work pretty well.
I use Port87, so my junk email is just part of my real email, which is my name.
ELI5?
It uses mandatory subaddressing, so my email hperrin@port87.com, doesn’t get through. Whatever I sign up for, I add a dash to organize it. So, if I sign up for Netflix, I use hperrin-netflix@port87.com, then that goes to my Netflix folder. If they start spamming, I block that address. And for real people, I have an address that screens email, hperrin-friends@port87.com.
I see! Thanks for explaining
