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Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
What all is down from Microslop?
For Calendar/Contacts I use baikal. I thought about hosting my own email because my host really had me over the coals for what I was doing with it, I started researching and thought it could be fun. I bought a throwaway domain and had one of my static IPs setup for the port 25 being opened up I spent a week trying to do things, most of the Lemmy posts I found and most of the personal things like blogs I was looking for said do not self host your own email.
My previous host was HostHero, they did not have a wildcard email function so I needed to buy the unlimited email package because I do not use the same email address or password for anything. My new host, easyDNS, does offer a wildcard option so I can have unlimitted email addresses.
Why do I use a a different email address for everything? I can just close an account once I no longer use the service or once they start getting spammy, I get next to no spam.
I am not a EU citizen, I am Canadian! So when Trump came in and did his whole 51st state BS I jumped on the boycott Amarica train fast so the Apple services I was paying for stopped, one of which was hide my email so I got Proton, I found out the CEO was a simp for Trump so I was going to host my own and as I said I discovered it is not a simple thing even if I was going to do just one email address.
But I strongly do suggest find a host in the EU, that offers a wildcard option. All though it sounds like you have a good handle on things email is something else.
Cyber@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
This is really useful and I do this too with the service / product name as the “name” (ie
microsoft-mail@mydomain.tla)It’s interesting to see how emails are sold / transferred over time…
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
I have a formula (service name)-(local slang)(three random numbers)@mydomain.ca that way I can use free trials if I still need the service (I have only done this 2 or 3 times, not saying that I wont do it again but hey when in Rome) it also allows me to have multiple accounts with the same service for different purposes.
If I use a service than stop, forget about it. The email is almost definitely going to be sold so when I get spam I will close the address, if I stumble upon the service again and think oh cool I should try this vaultwarden via bitwarden may say here are your sign in credentials I will try signing in and it will tell me this account is no longer active so I need to create a new one.
My orignal plan was (service name)@mydomain.ca but than I came across the wanting extended free trial so I thought (service name)2@mydomain.ca, some are fine with that some are not. I like throwing in the fluf just to keep bots off of my trails.