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MrJiggleAss@yahoo.com (startrek.website)
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[-] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I still keep my Hotmail/Yahoo/etc., but I've gotten my name as a domain and use that for professional communication.

It has catch-all support, so whether you send an email to hi@name.com or "XxX_360noscopegamer_xXx@name.com", I still receive it.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I do the same. And if someone abuses a particular alias I block it.

[-] Misconduct@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait, so you can just willy-nilly name emails for your domain for different online services and see who's selling your data pretty easily then right?

I mean... who isn't selling our data but still lol

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago

Yes! I've literally found out about a data leak this way before it was announced publicly.

[-] Flumsy@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly and then you can block that one addressband you dont get spam anymore. You can make the addresses up as you go btw, it will receive every email sent to your domain anywaya

[-] Misconduct@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

That's actually really cool! I've been actively degoogling this year but my email is one of the last holdouts so I'll have to look into this

[-] max@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Another advantage of having your own domain for email is that you can just pack your shit and move to greener pastures when your current email provider turns to shit. No need to change your email everywhere.

[-] berkersal@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

I just set that up. Pretty useful

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