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Do you use your custom domain email address for all your accounts? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago by AmbiguousCabbage@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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For those of you who use an email address with a custom domain name, like first@firstlast.com, do you use that email address for every online account you create? It seems weird to me to do that if the email address is also my professional address and the domain is used for my professional/portfolio website, but maybe I'm overthinking it.

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

No! For mail I subscribe / register to because I want to, it's often @mydomain.tld. So I can identify quickly who it comes from, create rules, and see who sold/gave away my email.

For crap that just demands email, I use a 10 minute mail account. If that does not work, crap goes to crap : hotmail of gmail.

In your case, i'd buy a second domain to separate work and private. I don't run a business but some money goes around in my hobby (way way below tax thresholds) and that's how I have it....

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I use theirdomain.tld@mydomain.tld for literally everything. They all go to the same mailbox, and I use filters.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I despise those companies that filter their domain or company name in the email address at signup and don't allow you to do that. It's rare, but some do. That being said - those are usually hardcore and can regularly be defeated by a strategically placed underscore or dash in their tld or company name.

[–] GazaShaggy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I just had this with Samsung so did Smasnug instead.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

I think I’ve only encountered one in the last decade, and yes, it’s easy to circumvent.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I follow the same scheme but I throw in random stuff to, incase I want a second account or extended free trials.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

so we are doing it the same way ;) I only have tree mailboxes. My mailbox, Another for my system alerts, and one big cach-all box