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Comment on YSK You can buy a @linux.com domain for email flex

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Properly set up, it’s more than a vanity project - it’s an eternal email address.
Because, properly set up, you can also send mail from that address (or at least that’s how it appears to recipients).

Another email provided fucks you over? NP, just point your …@linux.com address somewhere else.

As someone who’s been using a similar service for over a decade, the end user and both providers need to set the thing up properly. Thankfully mine is dedicated.

So, you should check with linux.com (?) how serious they are about it, if you want to use this seriously.

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Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I do this with @duck.com except it’s free and supports generating alias addresses that can be disabled.

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- hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  +1 for @duck.com
  
  Also very entertaining to see people react when you give them the email domain.
  
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rklm@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Because, properly set up, you can also send mail from that address (or at least that’s how it appears to recipients).

How would you go about doing this? Getting the @linux.com domain to forward incoming email from a specific address somehow?

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- AnyOldName3@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The from field in an email is something that the sender sets, and they don’t have to set it to anything in particular. Unless your email client stops you (which is pretty common these days) you can just enter a made up address, another address that you’d rather receive replies through, or someone else’s address. It’s one of the reasons why phishing emails work - there’s nothing stopping a scammer impersonating anyone they want to.
  
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  - rklm@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Interesting, I had no idea!
    
    Thank you!
    
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    andyburke@fedia.io ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I'm an old man, but I also remember the reply-to header as option if your setup precludes you changing the from address header.
    
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- A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The “From” part is configurable per specification, it’s called identities. Good email clients will have config options for that.
  
  But there’s an extra part that the server needs to provide so that Google doesn’t think you’re doing something nefarious, i.e. using email as it’s intended to be used, not as Google wants it to be used.
  
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  - Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Gmail is one of the most, if not the most, annoying recipients to avoid the spam category. My ISP lists their non-business IPs on Spamhaus PBL because they’ve monetised having a static IP and decided email servers aren’t for residents. But I’ve snoozed – they haven’t been the highest rated ISP for years and the new highest is perfect.
    
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  - rklm@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Interesting, I had no idea!
    
    Thank you!
    
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