Need is not temporary. Looking to keep unique email addresses tied to services.
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Privacy @lemmy.dbzer0.com Do I need an alias email service?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/70471346
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 [email protected].
I can buy domain2.com and create an email address called [email protected]. 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: [email protected], [email protected], 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 [email protected] since it's only a catch-all? So I can receive mail to it, but can't send from it?
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 [email protected]. And then [email protected] for the business next door.