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Email masking services that still work for registering on websites (piefed.social)

submitted 6 hours ago by CoffeeBreaker@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've using Mozilla Relay to generate one new email address for every website that I have to register. Lately it seems tho that the big/medium sites are rejecting any email from mozmail.com, some even say "temporary email services are not allowed".

Is this just with the service from Mozilla or is it becoming general practice? Is there any service that is still flying under the radar?

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[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I couldn't make accounts on Bluesky and Github with SimpleLogin. Ended up using my Tuta address for bsky. Didn't try another option for Github.

[–] wisdomsuccubus@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Hi, u should use SimpleLogin or Addy as email masked, those services are Open Source and u use free plan

[–] voxel@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

To be honest, they will all land on radars as more their usage grows.

You may want to reach out to support, and let them know that you don't feel okay about them doing this and (if you do) therefore switch to another service provider that doesn't reject alias emails.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Rejecting temporary email (particularly mailinator but sometimes even hotmail) has been a common thing. Fastmail temporary addresses usually work, but you need a paid fastmail account to get them.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.social 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

addy.io has been working great for me for a few years. I've not had them rejected on any site yet. I have the cheapest plan which has been enough for me so far.

[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I used it on github and that got my account flagged. I had to change it to an email registered to my domain to get my account back to normal. I think there was one other site I had issues with in my years with the service but I can't remember which site it was.

[–] user_name@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I haven’t had issues anywhere with the @duck.com (duckduckgo) masking service.

[–] voxel@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Samsung rejects them.

[–] valar@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

SimpleLogin has been working for me

Thinking about switching to Addy.io tho