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And you're forever on their "mailing list" because they don't process unsubscribes, since they probably just manually upload a .csv of everyone every time they

And you're forever on their "mailing list" because they don't process unsubscribes, since they probably just manually upload a .csv of everyone every time they want to send something to you, whether you ever opted in, or not.

Tagbert 3y ago
Then you are justified to put them on the spam filter.
Modified3019 3y ago
I just got done switching from gmail to fastmail, and it solves this problem beautifully with a nifty feature allowing me to create a new proxy (“masked”) email address for every website but have the mail show up in my mail address. There’s a limit, but it’s like 600+ or something. So when the email gets sold and I start getting spammed, I can easy kill it, and also know who the culprit was. This one is paid, but I’m at the point where $140 for 3 years “standard” package is fine by me. Not to mention I can actually call someone if I have a problem, instead of getting blocked by google for no particular reason without any recourse. I don’t have a huge social media following that can get me special treatment. There may possibly be free options that allow you to proxy/mask emails, but I’ve not explored that. Another useful service is privacy.com, which in a similar manner let’s me create proxy virtual payment cards, setting limits and redacting cards. This kills the possibility of a malicious business like a telecom still charging me for something and having the bank still allow it to go through when they shouldn’t. Now my credit union is pretty good so far, but there are a lot of banks that will happily fuck someone over without a care. It’s nice having no mean _No_
- rjbwork 3y ago
  I do this on gmail myself. I have my own domain and pay for gmail on it. I have a wildcard set to go to my mailbox and wildcard stuff gets sorted per usual. So for instance, if I buy something at target, I use/sign in w/ target@mydomain.com. I know I should probably get off of gmail, but it's a really good service for my needs. It's also reasonably priced and there's no limit for those email addresses since it just captures every email sent to my domain. Downside is I can't send from those addresses but that's generally okay for me.
  - Gigachad 3y ago
    I used to do this but ended up in too many situations on the phone where someone says “what’s your email” and I can’t remember what email I gave them and I look like an idiot who doesn’t know what their email is. Now I just mark any marketing email as spam and let the email service automatically move all future emails to spam.
    - nullfield 3y ago
      I did too, and I’m not sure what the best fix is. Proton has SimpleLogin after buying it, but then they own me forever as much as the next company, with the caveat that they can raise fees. Just your username and (ridiculously crazy, 26 character) password isn’t good enough anymore-“oops, we need to send you an email before you can log in” is rapidly becoming normal.
- zzo38computer 3y ago
  > solves this problem beautifully with a nifty feature allowing me to create a new proxy (“masked”) email address for every website but have the mail show up in my mail address ... So when the email gets sold and I start getting spammed, I can easy kill it, and also know who the culprit was I do something like that too, but I have my own SMTP server. It doesn't use + it is just an entirely different email address for each one. I can also easily send from any address by the -r switch.
  - fragmede 3y ago
    And not just airbnb@example.com, because that can be guessed, but airbnb_itjeof@example.com, such that you can be sure it leaked from their database.

Tagbert 3y ago

Then you are justified to put them on the spam filter.

Modified3019 3y ago

I just got done switching from gmail to fastmail, and it solves this problem beautifully with a nifty feature allowing me to create a new proxy (“masked”) email address for every website but have the mail show up in my mail address. There’s a limit, but it’s like 600+ or something. So when the email gets sold and I start getting spammed, I can easy kill it, and also know who the culprit was. This one is paid, but I’m at the point where $140 for 3 years “standard” package is fine by me. Not to mention I can actually call someone if I have a problem, instead of getting blocked by google for no particular reason without any recourse. I don’t have a huge social media following that can get me special treatment. There may possibly be free options that allow you to proxy/mask emails, but I’ve not explored that. Another useful service is privacy.com, which in a similar manner let’s me create proxy virtual payment cards, setting limits and redacting cards. This kills the possibility of a malicious business like a telecom still charging me for something and having the bank still allow it to go through when they shouldn’t. Now my credit union is pretty good so far, but there are a lot of banks that will happily fuck someone over without a care. It’s nice having no mean _No_

rjbwork 3y ago
I do this on gmail myself. I have my own domain and pay for gmail on it. I have a wildcard set to go to my mailbox and wildcard stuff gets sorted per usual. So for instance, if I buy something at target, I use/sign in w/ target@mydomain.com. I know I should probably get off of gmail, but it's a really good service for my needs. It's also reasonably priced and there's no limit for those email addresses since it just captures every email sent to my domain. Downside is I can't send from those addresses but that's generally okay for me.
- Gigachad 3y ago
  I used to do this but ended up in too many situations on the phone where someone says “what’s your email” and I can’t remember what email I gave them and I look like an idiot who doesn’t know what their email is. Now I just mark any marketing email as spam and let the email service automatically move all future emails to spam.
  - nullfield 3y ago
    I did too, and I’m not sure what the best fix is. Proton has SimpleLogin after buying it, but then they own me forever as much as the next company, with the caveat that they can raise fees. Just your username and (ridiculously crazy, 26 character) password isn’t good enough anymore-“oops, we need to send you an email before you can log in” is rapidly becoming normal.
zzo38computer 3y ago
> solves this problem beautifully with a nifty feature allowing me to create a new proxy (“masked”) email address for every website but have the mail show up in my mail address ... So when the email gets sold and I start getting spammed, I can easy kill it, and also know who the culprit was I do something like that too, but I have my own SMTP server. It doesn't use + it is just an entirely different email address for each one. I can also easily send from any address by the -r switch.
- fragmede 3y ago
  And not just airbnb@example.com, because that can be guessed, but airbnb_itjeof@example.com, such that you can be sure it leaked from their database.