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I use a ProtonMail address for online accounts whose content I don't need intermingled with my personal mail. I also use a ProtonMail "+" alias when signing up
by oedmarap 8y ago
I use a ProtonMail address for online accounts whose content I don't need intermingled with my personal mail.
I also use a ProtonMail "+" alias when signing up for a totally new service (with a filter to place emails from that alias directly in Spam; as all it does is handle account signup/verify). If I can't change my email after signing up for a service I don't continue using that service, as I define that to be user-hostile. If I can't use "+" in an address when signing up I default to GetNada.
The other use case for a PM address is for anonymity (e.g. throwaway/whistleblowing) with a requisite VPN and browser-only login, etc.
As an aside, I use a free Outlook address as my newsletter spam box (good storage size and Android interoperability for consuming content).
- nothrabannosir 8y agoOutlook has an amazing feature that allows you to make top level whateveryouwant@outlook.com aliases. Make one for the service, sign up, delete it. This guards you from spammers stripping the + label, which I’m sure they all do by now.
- Slippery_John 8y agoYou can use catchall addresses for this. Any ol email @ that domain that doesn't have an associated account gets routed to the catchall account. Protonmail supports this if you pay, as do a few others.
- jszymborski 8y agobeware the spam that comes with this... you'll want to block sales@example.com, etc...