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I recently setup a new domain with a wildcard forwarder (e.g. *@newdomain -> my real email). I hand out specific names to companies that want emails, and if the
by jdpedrie 3y ago
I recently setup a new domain with a wildcard forwarder (e.g. *@newdomain -> my real email). I hand out specific names to companies that want emails, and if they bug me I just blackhole that address.
It has worked well so far, though it might break down eventually if the domain gets spammed? Not sure.
Anyways, the domain I used has a 5-character TLD, and some sites have rejected it for that reason. Just a word of warning that >3 char TLDs might not be universally useful.
Those sites probably store passwords in plaintext too.
- Rudism 3y agoIn my experience trying to send email from any address with something other than .com, .net, .org, and most 2-character country TLDs automatically counts against it by spam blockers to the point where users have to whitelist the address to see any emails (and even then they sometimes don't get them). Even newer three-character TLDs like .xyz are practically useless for sending emails.
- jdpedrie 3y agoI've seen similar. In this case though, I'm only receiving so it's not a concern.
- packetlost 3y agoI haven't had issues with my .dev domains, but I'll keep an eye out.
- chris72205 3y agoI did this as well and have liked it for the most part, but would also recommend using an older, established TLD. I went with `.email` because... it just seemed fitting at the time and it's been depressing how many sites won't allow it because it's "not a valid domain". Or worse, I've been able to register an account successfully only to be blocked by the login form which uses a different validation configuration (looking at you, REI).
- KomoD 3y ago> some sites have rejected it for that reason. Very rarely in my experience with a 4-char TLD