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I guess "throwaway" is the wrong word. In my case, I created a few emails under Fastmail's domains and then used them to sign up for things like reddit, newslet

• bad_user 6y ago
  If you're going to host anything on that domain, then it will be collected in domain lists. I got rid of my contact@ email address because of that. Email addresses that I use now look like this: reddit@subdomain.domain.com If this leaks, I can track the source and I can bounce messages for this address. While what you're saying is possible, a spammer needs to target you personally and that's not cost effective. It's not easy for them to try every possible English name at that address, because then they quickly get blacklisted. Spammers collect addresses via scripts that crawl the web or via data leaks. It's more cost effective for them to get addresses that have been validated. All the spam I get are on these aliased addresses, biggest problem being the one I publish on my website, which I change periodically. --- I like using my own domain even for aliased addresses because I can change service providers on a whim. I love Fastmail, but if they ever piss me off, I can change to Google Suite or whatever over night, the only thing required is some flexibility in setting up aliases.