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Long time fastmail user. Has anyone here managed to automate the creation of aliases? I create a random alias address for every service I sign up to and those s

by 66d8kk 8y ago

Long time fastmail user. Has anyone here managed to automate the creation of aliases? I create a random alias address for every service I sign up to and those steps of creating that alias add a little bit of tediousness.

moltar 8y ago
You can use the plus system. foo+sitename@yourdomain.com
smartt 8y ago
If you only want to receive mail at aliases it's easy: just setup an email catch-all on your domain ;-) To send is another matter; and unfortunately, I haven't found a way to easily do this with fastmail.
- nmjenkins 8y ago
  Just create a wildcard identity to match (*@yourdomain.com) – when you select this in compose, you will be able to edit the address.
TarpitCarnivore 8y ago
You can use a wildcard for this: https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html I used to manually create them, then I learned of this and it's been a time saver.
- jolmg 8y ago
  This is no good when you want to use the fastmail domain for the aliases. Ever since the twitter @N theft[1], I've learned to never use a custom domain email when signing up for anything. It just increases your attack surface. I prefer to leave it to fastmail to protect their own domain from hijacking. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/picking-up-the-pieces-after-the-n-twitter-account-theft/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/picki...
  - Jaymoon85 8y ago
    You could forward all mail from a Gmail address to Fastmail, and then use username+service@gmail.com for each service you use. Might be considered security through obscurity, but if nobody knows your actual email domain except for the Gmail address, less likely to have it attacked. Goes without saying to protect that Gmail account at all costs though.
jolmg 8y ago
Tried that, once. I wish they had a simple web api for this.

by 66d8kk 8y ago

moltar 8y ago

You can use the plus system. foo+sitename@yourdomain.com

smartt 8y ago

If you only want to receive mail at aliases it's easy: just setup an email catch-all on your domain ;-) To send is another matter; and unfortunately, I haven't found a way to easily do this with fastmail.

nmjenkins 8y ago
Just create a wildcard identity to match (*@yourdomain.com) – when you select this in compose, you will be able to edit the address.

TarpitCarnivore 8y ago

You can use a wildcard for this: https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html I used to manually create them, then I learned of this and it's been a time saver.

jolmg 8y ago
This is no good when you want to use the fastmail domain for the aliases. Ever since the twitter @N theft[1], I've learned to never use a custom domain email when signing up for anything. It just increases your attack surface. I prefer to leave it to fastmail to protect their own domain from hijacking. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/picking-up-the-pieces-after-the-n-twitter-account-theft/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/picki...
- Jaymoon85 8y ago
  You could forward all mail from a Gmail address to Fastmail, and then use username+service@gmail.com for each service you use. Might be considered security through obscurity, but if nobody knows your actual email domain except for the Gmail address, less likely to have it attacked. Goes without saying to protect that Gmail account at all costs though.

jolmg 8y ago

Tried that, once. I wish they had a simple web api for this.