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That... sounds like a nighmare. I've always been slightly bitter about not ever having been able to get the canonical version of my first name or first name las

That... sounds like a nighmare. I've always been slightly bitter about not ever having been able to get the canonical version of my first name or first name last name combination on email services due to having a rather common name, but now I'm kind of glad I wasn't able to after hearing what people in this thread have had to deal with. Out of curiosity, have you considered switching to a new email address? I've done so once in the past in the process of migrating from an @gmail address to an email address on a domain I own, and the process itself was every bit as slow and painful as anyone can imagine, but I feel the end result was totally worth it because now I can freely switch between providers without worrying about going through that process ever again. Just mentioning this because it seems like switching to an email on a custom domain would largely take care of the issue of random people mistakenly using your email as well.

mistersquid 9y ago
> Just mentioning this because it seems like switching to an email on a custom domain would largely take care of the issue of random people mistakenly using your email as well. There are a number of benefits to receiving email to a custom domain on a server you admin. 1. Everyone gets a tracking email like somecompany.com@mycustom.tld 2. Targets of spam can be blocked at the server level: somecompany_leaked_my_email.com@mycustom.tld REJECT 3. Leaked emails can be changed using a timestamp somecompany.YYYYMMDD.com@mycustom.tld 4. Blocked recipients map to blocked senders so somecompany_blocked.com@mycustom.tld will be notified they are blocked. EDIT: formatting
- isostatic 9y ago
  I used to do this 15-20 years ago, ran my own smtp server too, dropped thing via spamassasin, custom email aliases for each sign up, etc etc. The life got too short. Pine was ok for simple emails, but HTML mails and attachments meant moving to a graphical system. Wanting access to mail on the go meant squirrelmail which was inferior to most web mail. Then along came smart phones and I was having to run imap on my server too. I suspect nowadays any emails I sent from my anti server would be scored highly for spam flagging too. In the end I just used gmail. I can count on one hand the number of spams I get each year.
  - mistersquid 9y ago
    Not all blocked senders/recipients are sources of spam. I have a list of senders/recipients I refuse communication with for both personal and professional reasons. Since 2013 I use macOS Server which simplifies the overhead of running a IMAP mail server.

mistersquid 9y ago

> Just mentioning this because it seems like switching to an email on a custom domain would largely take care of the issue of random people mistakenly using your email as well. There are a number of benefits to receiving email to a custom domain on a server you admin. 1. Everyone gets a tracking email like somecompany.com@mycustom.tld 2. Targets of spam can be blocked at the server level: somecompany_leaked_my_email.com@mycustom.tld REJECT 3. Leaked emails can be changed using a timestamp somecompany.YYYYMMDD.com@mycustom.tld 4. Blocked recipients map to blocked senders so somecompany_blocked.com@mycustom.tld will be notified they are blocked. EDIT: formatting

isostatic 9y ago
I used to do this 15-20 years ago, ran my own smtp server too, dropped thing via spamassasin, custom email aliases for each sign up, etc etc. The life got too short. Pine was ok for simple emails, but HTML mails and attachments meant moving to a graphical system. Wanting access to mail on the go meant squirrelmail which was inferior to most web mail. Then along came smart phones and I was having to run imap on my server too. I suspect nowadays any emails I sent from my anti server would be scored highly for spam flagging too. In the end I just used gmail. I can count on one hand the number of spams I get each year.
- mistersquid 9y ago
  Not all blocked senders/recipients are sources of spam. I have a list of senders/recipients I refuse communication with for both personal and professional reasons. Since 2013 I use macOS Server which simplifies the overhead of running a IMAP mail server.