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(DIR) Post #AFwLg3sfUnFWhSLp8C by angristan@mstdn.io
2022-01-29T18:00:23Z
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Any downside to using a unique email address for each website with a custom domain? (using a catch-all address of course)for ex. : mastodon@mydomain, newsletter@mydomain, git@mydomain, etc
(DIR) Post #AFwLmpUlNZgU6wOfBI by zalasur@mastodon.technology
2022-01-29T18:01:33Z
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@angristan not to my knowledge. I'm actually thinking about doing it myself. It's a great way to find out who's been selling your personal info 😉
(DIR) Post #AFwLpFR3u9qp8topEm by Moon@shitposter.club
2022-01-29T18:02:06.394236Z
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@angristan I've been doing it for years, only downside is when you have to reply to something and need to match the from address. I use a Thunderbird extension that lets me do that though.
(DIR) Post #AFwLtaL08Hq1803HdY by angristan@mstdn.io
2022-01-29T18:02:50Z
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@zalasur yes :)
(DIR) Post #AFwLv0pt6ApfbHBBzs by angristan@mstdn.io
2022-01-29T18:03:06Z
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@Moon that's the only downside that I've been thinking of so far
(DIR) Post #AFwM90hOP9mtEHsfGS by l4p1n@mastodon.tedomum.net
2022-01-29T18:05:37Z
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@angristan I just end up using + aliases. Sufficient for me for most of the time.I do have some "separate" aliased to the main address where the real inbox is, though.
(DIR) Post #AFwMoTGh5b4fi0A95s by l4p1n@mastodon.tedomum.net
2022-01-29T18:04:18Z
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@Moon @angristan don't recent versions of Thunderbird do that when you configure multiple identities in your account preferences ?I think I've seen that somewhere in action, without an additional extension 🤔
(DIR) Post #AFwMoTpmz79BSqaAnQ by Moon@shitposter.club
2022-01-29T18:13:08.701717Z
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@l4p1n @angristan I have been doing this trick since at least 2010 and have made probably thousands of fake email addresses. On the other hand I almost never need to fake the from address, so it's pretty easy to use the extension that just turns the from address into a freeform text field.
(DIR) Post #AFwN4pqCvpz0LmZpE8 by vgan@mastodon.social
2022-01-29T18:16:02Z
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@angristan i’ve been doing this for years and the only downside i’ve noticed is that sometimes I need to reply from an alias which may require creating an account depending on what service you’re using.
(DIR) Post #AFwNM09TqjbrFfmEzI by Fabimaru@framapiaf.org
2022-01-29T18:19:09Z
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@angristanSome e-mail providers (Gandi?) stopped proposing catch-all because it could (does?) multiply the number of spams received, from what I can remember.
(DIR) Post #AFwPSIA9zvxYl2DqYS by ilja@ilja.space
2022-01-29T18:42:44.152745Z
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@angristan I don't even do catch-all. If a service spams me, I disable the mail address and that's done. If I need it again, I can always enable it again.I've had one or two cases where a provider didn't want to take the address because it had their name in the address. I guess it's a way for them to combat people doing that, which is just a red flag and easily worked-around by just adding a spelling mistake or w/e
(DIR) Post #AFwk8iPCohRfOSlYlE by jle@fosstodon.org
2022-01-29T22:34:23Z
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@angristan No downsides yet, and I do exactly that for quite some time already. Mostly just pros, because I already had the case where my mail address was leaked and I was able to create a filter rule that blocks mails to that address.
(DIR) Post #AFx0QWyNf09yPmjgky by benoit@toots.benpro.fr
2022-01-30T01:36:53Z
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@angristan The only cons I see:1. I use company.name@benpro.fr to contact contact@company.name.tld and they ask me why I use their company name in my mail address. They are a bit surprised :D2. When I reply on KMail or FairEmail I need to specify the From, and sometimes I forgot so I send a reply from my generic <name>@benpro.fr.Otherwise, catch-all is so nice to simply block a leaked address :3(Yeah and I made a typo at that time :D)
(DIR) Post #AFy3yJxH3pWiuIyxea by pra@mstdn.io
2022-01-30T13:51:25Z
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@angristan I've been doing this for years now. Issues only in the few occasions when you want your identity shared. Example: setting up rebates from electric utility for buying new thermostats w/ load sensitivity. Or kickstarter projects that want to fulfill though some other site like backerkit.
(DIR) Post #AFy6y0bNJbpgkMHXQO by angristan@mstdn.io
2022-01-30T14:24:58Z
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@benoit ah oui, j'aurais bien aimé faire ça pour ledger... ðŸ˜
(DIR) Post #AFyCynrUld4FFUaGwK by pra@mstdn.io
2022-01-30T15:31:54Z
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@angristan One other issue: when you want to engage support over email. Have to make sure you set the right sending address to avoid confusion.
(DIR) Post #AG6uDXVvWWi2JSGbCa by angristan@mstdn.io
2022-02-03T20:14:00Z
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Ended up buying my own domain and moving to fastmail!
(DIR) Post #AG71nD33n6DGwaij4q by jle@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T21:39:21Z
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@angristan Have fun! If your looking for a cheaper alternative, I can recommend Purelymail as well.
(DIR) Post #AG77c6uYrqqIRwptOi by GardionVPN@chaos.social
2022-02-03T22:44:35Z
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@angristan No, works swimmingly!
(DIR) Post #AG7e7S7JGxjnjCmuJc by mottaz@mstdn.io
2022-02-04T04:48:45Z
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@angristan I did the same! It is so nice.
(DIR) Post #AG7vIrurOH6A9IzgmW by ohnoes@mamot.fr
2022-02-04T08:01:19Z
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@angristan It's not possible to do that with Protonmail ? 🤔 Btw except for the location, fastmail offer seems to be really nice !
(DIR) Post #AG83jvN9RnTOJwdgeW by angristan@mstdn.io
2022-02-04T09:35:53Z
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@ohnoes only with the business plan
(DIR) Post #AG9eRgvNG7QC6w2TiK by hisblueyes@m.cmx.im
2022-02-05T04:01:53Z
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@angristan thank you haha. I did the same just now
(DIR) Post #AGHcgCJkgudIsxuVQ8 by paanvaannd@cybre.space
2022-02-09T00:19:22Z
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@angristanIt's really good for convenience and possibly beneficial for security and privacy as well!However, from an OPSEC perspective, adversaries may have a reduced search space for guessing the email part of your credentials.E.g., they would know to guess "git@mydomain.com" for attacking your Git provider account.Potential workarounds could involve an intentional misspelling such as "g1t@mydomain.com" for a little extra security or a random address such as "f299iqjwf@mydomain.com" for heightened security (and headache!).I just learned that ProtonMail allows + aliases, which as @l4p1n mentioned is useful, esp. in tandem with other addresses.So you could have "g1t@mydomain.com" with aliases "g1t+hub@mydomain.com" for GitHub, "g1t+lab@mydomain.com" for GitLab, etc. as a solution that combines both multiple addresses and + aliases.