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Do I need an alias email service? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by rageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I started looking into email alias services like SimpleLogin, Addy, etc. and I'm wondering if I really need it. Here's why:

My email provider has domain alias functionality. I can connect multiple domains to it. Let's say I'm ratm@domain1.com.

I can buy domain2.com and create an email address called anon@domain2.com. All emails (to both addresses) will land in the same inbox.

I can also create a catch-all email address so that I can create login unique emails for each service, like: lemmy@domain2.com, mastodon@domain2.com, etc.

So I guess my question is: What do I get from an email alias service that I'm not already getting from my email provider?

Is it maybe that I won't be able to reply from the service emails? Like, would I not be able to reply from lemmy@domain2.com since it's only a catch-all? So I can receive mail to it, but can't send from it?

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[–] czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Replyjng (or sending email outright from one of the aliases) and management are the two biggest features. It’s very easy to just click a button and disable/enable an alias. Creation is also much simpler (unless you do a catchall)

[–] rageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting. Wouldn't it be easier with a catch-all? Like if I walk into a business and they ask me for an email I could give them business1@domain.com. And then business2@domain.com for the business next door.

[–] czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Easier/more convenient? Yeah for sure.

It’s more of a preference in terms of how you wanna deal with possible spam. For instance, I have 2 domains and in one of them I need to create every single email before it’s available. It’s more cumbersome, but it prevents someone emailing me on say admin@mydomain.com.

The other person chooses the convenience, so when they give out any Email@theirdomain.com the alias is automatically created. You can still disable any alias after the fact, but nothing prevents that first email from you.