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I have the same pattern but added a 6 character hexadecimal postfix based on a hash. facebook-com-a2bdc0@domain.com This makes it less trivial to guess the ot

I have the same pattern but added a 6 character hexadecimal postfix based on a hash. facebook-com-a2bdc0@domain.com This makes it less trivial to guess the other domains. (although you could bruteforce the entire range)

tmacam 8y ago
I wish I could do something as sophisticated as this with GSuite. I did manage to get something similar in spirit but waaay simpler using GSuite filtering+routing and regexes.
- goddva 8y ago
  But you can, sort of. If your GSuite mail is user@domain.com, you could use user+facebook@domain.com. Then you can create what ever filtering you want to GSuite. The problem I have, is to remember what I used for each service :/ . So I really liked the idea of `whichmail`.
  - techntoke 8y ago
    A lot of services won't accept an email with a plus sign as a valid email address. Part of the issue is how many companies want an email address to sign up for something. It is much easier to track your accounts using a password management application, as opposed to giving everyone your email address and phone number.
    - pstch 8y ago
      I have even seen emails rejected when using a simple dash, or because it was not hosted by a well-known mail service provider, and even because "your email should be of the form <name>.<surname>@<website>" (yes, with a dot, ironically). At that point I gave up, and I use a single Gmail account for all the services that I don't use very frequently (also because it's not always easy to send mail from self-hosted mailservers, some destinations simply refuse any mail that is not from Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail).
  - tmacam 8y ago
    As the other comments mention, I avoid the + sign on a e-mail - way too many systems (from form validators to other systems) freak out with dashes, dots and plus signs in e-mails. The format I have settled is somewhat like prefixFixedSizeSuffix@domain, both prefix and suffix being plain alphanumeric characters. Yes, the suffix is rather dumb (it could be a smarter like a hash when I used procmail) but still better than a catchall with no filtering. I could have opted to a whitelist. Not sure how automatable GSuite services are (I guess a bit) but this simple regex allows me to just come up with email address on demand with with minimal fuzz.
notaboutdave 8y ago
This seems like it might be frustrating to manage. Instead of one or two memorable addresses, you now have two hundred hard-to-memorize ones. It also might get awkward at the cash register :)
- lytedev 8y ago
  How often do you give your email at a cash register?
- rubenbe 8y ago
  It's sometimes a bit of a hassle, but I have to python script that generates and configures it for me. And in some cases I fallback to <bricks-and-mortar-shop>@domain.com Because that's much easier to spell out to a cashier. After it's configured, my password manager stores the email too so that's not a problem

tmacam 8y ago

I wish I could do something as sophisticated as this with GSuite. I did manage to get something similar in spirit but waaay simpler using GSuite filtering+routing and regexes.

goddva 8y ago
But you can, sort of. If your GSuite mail is user@domain.com, you could use user+facebook@domain.com. Then you can create what ever filtering you want to GSuite. The problem I have, is to remember what I used for each service :/ . So I really liked the idea of `whichmail`.
- techntoke 8y ago
  A lot of services won't accept an email with a plus sign as a valid email address. Part of the issue is how many companies want an email address to sign up for something. It is much easier to track your accounts using a password management application, as opposed to giving everyone your email address and phone number.
  - pstch 8y ago
    I have even seen emails rejected when using a simple dash, or because it was not hosted by a well-known mail service provider, and even because "your email should be of the form <name>.<surname>@<website>" (yes, with a dot, ironically). At that point I gave up, and I use a single Gmail account for all the services that I don't use very frequently (also because it's not always easy to send mail from self-hosted mailservers, some destinations simply refuse any mail that is not from Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail).
- tmacam 8y ago
  As the other comments mention, I avoid the + sign on a e-mail - way too many systems (from form validators to other systems) freak out with dashes, dots and plus signs in e-mails. The format I have settled is somewhat like prefixFixedSizeSuffix@domain, both prefix and suffix being plain alphanumeric characters. Yes, the suffix is rather dumb (it could be a smarter like a hash when I used procmail) but still better than a catchall with no filtering. I could have opted to a whitelist. Not sure how automatable GSuite services are (I guess a bit) but this simple regex allows me to just come up with email address on demand with with minimal fuzz.

notaboutdave 8y ago

This seems like it might be frustrating to manage. Instead of one or two memorable addresses, you now have two hundred hard-to-memorize ones. It also might get awkward at the cash register :)

lytedev 8y ago
How often do you give your email at a cash register?
rubenbe 8y ago
It's sometimes a bit of a hassle, but I have to python script that generates and configures it for me. And in some cases I fallback to <bricks-and-mortar-shop>@domain.com Because that's much easier to spell out to a cashier. After it's configured, my password manager stores the email too so that's not a problem