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Back in the time when email was important, I considered doing something similar. Now, I just use one personal mail address that I share only with real-world fri

Back in the time when email was important, I considered doing something similar. Now, I just use one personal mail address that I share only with real-world friends, and one other for all my online accounts. At this point, I don't even bother whether I receive spam on that email or not, since it's just something I'm probably not going to read. I mean, who cares about LinkedIn notification or Amazon receipts, if I need them, I know where to find them. The default spam filter of my mail provider and a few custom filters based on from domain names are enough to keep my inbox manageable. And even private mail is not that important anymore, given that most of the communication with real people is now done through various messengers.

wizofaus 4y ago
Except typically when you do receive an email, it's a more important message and is more likely to contain important attachments or other information you need to retain vs messages via social media/ online messaging services, even if it's from friends/family. Worse, not scanning your junk email regularly can lead to missing key information that you've been sent. The current situation in general with how messaging is done online seems far from ideal, but it's hard to see too many good ways forward. Logically though if there were a reliable way to track who you've given out your details too, it should be possible to simply block messages that aren't from such sources.
- tut-urut-utut 4y ago
  Important email just doesn’t come suddenly anymore. Nowadays people will just message me to check my email address before sending an important email, although it didn’t change for years. And then, they’ll message me to ask if I actually received an email. So no important private mail gets lost ;) Or I just receive booking confirmation minutes after booking. Even if I don’t read it or save immediately, it’s still there in inbox ready to be searched for and found if needed. The only exception is business mail, but there I usually communicate only with people from my company or my address book, so there’s no spam problem there.
  - wizofaus 4y ago
    I can easily give 5-10 examples of personal emails I received recently which had critical info I had to act on, and/or documents I need to retain for future reference, none of which were anticipated. One was an airline canceling a flight!

wizofaus 4y ago

Except typically when you do receive an email, it's a more important message and is more likely to contain important attachments or other information you need to retain vs messages via social media/ online messaging services, even if it's from friends/family. Worse, not scanning your junk email regularly can lead to missing key information that you've been sent. The current situation in general with how messaging is done online seems far from ideal, but it's hard to see too many good ways forward. Logically though if there were a reliable way to track who you've given out your details too, it should be possible to simply block messages that aren't from such sources.

tut-urut-utut 4y ago
Important email just doesn’t come suddenly anymore. Nowadays people will just message me to check my email address before sending an important email, although it didn’t change for years. And then, they’ll message me to ask if I actually received an email. So no important private mail gets lost ;) Or I just receive booking confirmation minutes after booking. Even if I don’t read it or save immediately, it’s still there in inbox ready to be searched for and found if needed. The only exception is business mail, but there I usually communicate only with people from my company or my address book, so there’s no spam problem there.
- wizofaus 4y ago
  I can easily give 5-10 examples of personal emails I received recently which had critical info I had to act on, and/or documents I need to retain for future reference, none of which were anticipated. One was an airline canceling a flight!