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Aliasing being blocked (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I’ve noticed that more and more websites/services are blocking email alias services. Is the only solution to continue being able to use aliases is to buy a domain and make email aliases with that or are there any other solutions?

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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Get a cheap domain (~$10/yr) and setup a catch-all address - then you can use whatever@yourdomain.com without needing to create each alias beforehand, and each service gets a uremoved address that you can block if they leak it or start spamming you.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Email+crappycompany@emailservice.ca not work anymore?

I have my own domain for emails, but he'll if I'm giving that email to any company that isn't financial stuff for my house. Ya know...actual important things.

For everything else, I always do blah+someshitcompany@emailprovider.com

[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah I’m thinking this might be an option to use at some point. The main reason I use aliasing services now is because of inevitable data breaches that will leak my email and I don’t want to have to deal with that anymore. I might just have to make a secondary email that uses + aliases for situations that the alias generator service is blocked.