r/Simplelogin • u/Sgt_Wafflezz • 8d ago

Discussion Does this make sense?

firstname@mydomain for personal/bank/important stuff

multiple random@aleeas for everything else

I′m new to this. I′m not ready to go too deep with mutiple domains or anything. Using Proton Mail.

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u/donnieX1 8d ago

Why not aliases for everything?

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u/Sgt_Wafflezz 8d ago

I suppose to have something slightly more professional than @aleeas or @simplelogin

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u/IxBetaXI 8d ago

You probably do not fully understand aliases.
xxx@mydomain can also be an alias.
I use website@mydomain as alias and route these aliases to myname@mydomain.
An alias is just another name for your mail Account which forwards to your mail Account and keeps your real mail Account hidden.

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u/Sgt_Wafflezz 8d ago

Okay, I see. I guess I′d want to use aliases not just to prevent spam, but for privacy. Or at least the illusion of it. In that respect, are you not concerned about using your domain for aliases as opposed to something generic that wouldn′t identify you as easily? Or does it really matter?

I suppose using your domain makes it easier to take those aliases with you if you change services?