Also, do you use disposable emails? What for?

I have a lot of emails made with simple login and I use the same one only for three websites. Then I get all emails forwarded to the same email, and an email for personal use (family, work, friends…) also forwarded to that one. So something like this:

o  o  o     o  personal
 \ | /    /
   |    /
   |  /
   o
  • nachtigall@feddit.de
    5·
    3 years ago

    I use mailbox.org with my own domain and set up a catch-all so that all mails arrive in a single inbox. When I have to sign up somewhere I usually use their domain as the local part, e.g. example.org@mydomain.tld. That way I can easily identify who fucked up and can simply block all mails with that recipient.

  • obsolete29
    4·
    3 years ago

    I use fastmail with several different domains associated.

    • Personal email shared with friends and family
    • Professional email - not my work but the one associated with my Linkedin and such

    I have a custom domain just for signing up to online services. For me, this domain is completely separate and I never use it for anything else. Like nachtigall, I use a naming scheme and a catch-all address. My naming scheme uses their domain plus a random bit like so, twitter.6cruzbms@mydomain.tld.

    There are two main benefits to using such a scheme imo. First, it’s harder for data aggregators to collate and cross reference me across the web by using an email address. Second, it acts as a hacked canary and it’s easy to identify the source of suspicious or problematic emails.

    • nachtigall@feddit.de
      1·
      3 years ago

      The random characters are a pretty good idea to increase security too. Without that part it is easy to figure out what address I use for each service. With the random bits it adds another unknown factor that should make brute force attacks slightly harder. Gonna adopt that too, thanks for the idea!

  • whysofurious@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 years ago

    I’m trying to separate mail accounts between stuff (online shopping, socials/casual, work, personal) to see how it goes. Most of them go through a single client anyway but at least I know which account I have to read right away and which I can skip for a day or two. I’m going with ProtonMail for personal (banking, health, etc.), infomaniak for general use, and gmail (sigh) for work

    For sites that I don’t trust and some newsletters I use aliases with SimpleLogin.

  • leo_mantovani@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 years ago

    Recently started using Anonaddy aliases + my old personal e-mail which it’s still used on more important sites and for personal emails. 😁

    Oh, right, there is also outlook for school 🙄

  • yxzi@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    I’m using temp-mail.org whenever I can, for non-temporary stuff I use SimpleLogin forwarded to my private e-mail address which I also use for personal contacts

    • Jesse@lemmy.ml
      3·
      3 years ago

      The grip M$ has on schools is so annoying. Everything we do is onedrive, office365, etc.

      • whysofurious@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 years ago

        I had two experiences in higher education, one in UK where everything was Microsoft, and the current in Italy where everything is with Google and the Gsuite, jeez it’s like impossible to avoid any of that.

        • Jesse@lemmy.ml
          3·
          3 years ago

          Very good example of this. I forgot my older University used Google Suite for mostly everything.

  • ezmack@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    Yeah I use them for dumb things like signing up for games or other websites I don’t really trust. If they get breached or sell my data there’s less on the line

  • pinknoise@lemmy.ml
    0·
    3 years ago

    I have three domains with catchall. One personal, one thats not easily associated with me that is forwarded to my personal that I use for sites that don’t have to know who I am and one that is under a nick-name for FOSS stuff.

  • art@lemmy.ml
    0·
    3 years ago

    I use Mailinator for most throw away emails. I still use my old Gmail for tax stuff, things related to bills and whatnot. My personal email is hosted on Posteo. My conversations with friends are the only thing I feel need to be kept from the 5 eyes.