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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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[–] 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.