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One of the many benefits of owning my own email server: - I have a catch all setup to forward all emails to specific user on mail server - able to setup adhoc
by xyst 2y ago
One of the many benefits of owning my own email server:
- I have a catch all setup to forward all emails to specific user on mail server
- able to setup adhoc email addresses for each online service (ie, iarch@example.com)
- able to claim example.com in haveibeenpwned
Now I get breach emails from hibp for the whole domain. Unfortunately, I was exposed in this IA breach
- CobaltFire 2y agoI do the same thing. Absolutely worth the small hassle.
- yonixw 2y agoGoogle workspace lets you do it if they mange emails for your domain (and it will cost ~5-10$/month if you are the only user) https://support.google.com/a/answer/12943537?hl=en https://support.google.com/a/answer/12943537?hl=en
- xyst 2y agoit “works”, but handing over this control to Google is a no-go for me.
- appendix-rock 2y agoAll things that aren’t remotely unique to running your own mail server.
- srhngpr 2y agoYou can do this easily (and for free) via Cloudflare [1]. Works great, I've been using it across several domains for quite some time. Migrated from Google. [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/developer-platform/email-routing/ https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/developer-platform/email-ro...
- xyst 2y agoyea, but now i rely on cloudflare which is no-go for me.
- suikun 2y agoWould you elaborate why it’s a no-go for you? Just curious for my own sake
- Galatians4_16 2y agoToo much centralization is a single point of failure?
- xyst 2y agodecentralization. I don’t want these massive entities (Google, MS, CF) controlling my data.
- arresin 2y agoI think spreading out between them is a good strategy. Cloudflare has been flawless for me for email.
- MatthiasPortzel 2y agoCloudflare isn't even that big. They're 1/100th the size of Google or MS. They're not even the biggest CDN—Akamai has twice the revenue, but it depends on what you measure. Cloudflare gets brought up disproportionately often on HN because they have generous free tiers and cater to indie hackers more. So it feels a little ironic that they're perceived as "the big dog" by the indie hackers.
- tdeck 2y agoIt feels like every website uses them as a web proxy, meaning they get to 1) decide which users can access the site using their own opaque methodology and 2) MITM/inspect a large percentage of web traffic.
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- nostromo 2y agoThe only drawback being that all of your outgoing email is sent directly to the receiver’s spam folder..?
- floren 2y agoMemes are fun and all but this one is both untrue and just serves to entrench the big bastards, who don't need any more help.
- homebrewer 2y agoUse a commercial service then, they're cheap and provide every benefit mentioned by GP. The thing that you really need is not your own server, but your own domain.
- nikisweeting 2y agoI've never had this issue, been running my own email server for almost 10 years.
- atrettel 2y agoI often use custom domains for email and haven't encountered this. From what I know, the best practice is to use a domain that you have had for a while and to use nameservers or MX records from an established service (basically). I don't run my own server but I am sure there are tricks to getting it to work that way too.
- lolinder 2y agoIn case anyone would like these benefits but doesn't want to actually run an email server: All you actually need to accomplish this is a domain name and a decent provider. Fastmail is what I use and it's been great for me.
- halJordan 2y agoTo be even easier, you can just have Apple or Google hold your domain and provide mail.
- lolinder 2y agoI'm not 100% sure that that gets you wildcard email addresses that all point to the same inbox, but if they support that, sure!
- criddell 2y agoNot sure about Apple, but Google calls has that and calls it catch-all-routing.
- move-on-by 2y agoI don’t know about Google, but I know iCloud supports domain wildcarding
- lidder86 2y agoProxy address ie user@gmail.com you would use ia+user@gmail.com and have rules to match that
- layer8 2y agoIt’s user+ia@gmail.com, and it’s a poor substitute for a dedicated domain. For one, every attacker knows about plus addressing and that those addresses are really all the same email account.
- core-utility 2y agoYou don't need to deal with the hassle of your own email server for this. Just buy a domain and use Fastmail, Protonmail, or any other service you trust.
- wackget 2y agoGreat until you need to give someone an email address in real life and awkwardness ensues. Cashier: "What's your email?" Me: "walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "No I meant YOUR email address." Me: "Yeah walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "Oh do you work for Walmart???" Me: "No see I set up my email so... oh nevermind, 420BLAZEIT@GMAIL.COM"
- worstspotgain 2y agoalmartway@somedomain.com
- bunabhucan 2y agoI do this. I just say "this will sound strange but my email is ..." and then spell it. I think if you are at the level of catch-alls and your own domain(s) then you tell the cashier "no thanks!"
- shwouchk 2y agoi have a similar setup for the past 20 years or so. I rarely get a raised eyebrow at giving X.yourcompany@mydomain.com, and if i do i state it upfront “this is for categorization” and never had to explain it again.
- xyst 2y agoMeh, it’s not that bad. I have a short domain and usually use an abbreviated version for user part. If it’s a big corp, just the stock ticker will suffice and nobody bats an eye. Some boomers raise an eye if it’s not @gmail.com or one of the big providers, but otherwise nobody cares. But better than giving them an iCloud “hide my email” generated addy ;)
- yard2010 2y agoJust like how some people think GitHub is git.
- guiambros 2y agoZero problem. I have used this exact setup with my domain for over 23 years. First, it's rare that I had to give my email over the phone or something. And in the couple of times someone raised an eyebrow, it was an opportunity to educate the person that yes, "donotspamYOURCOMPANY@" is indeed a valid address (not exactly what I use, but similar). The advantages are numerous: tracking who leaked my data (many times before the company even noticed it), easier to spot spam (20 years ago spam filters were a lot less sophisticated), minimize credential stuffing (before Pwd Managers became the norm), etc.
- alwayslikethis 2y agoSimplelogin can do the first two. The third matters little anyways if you don't reuse passwords.
- lunatuna 2y agoI used to do this, now I use icloud and the 'hide my email' tool and it works without any hassle. Even asks me when signing up for something if I want to hide my email. It is easier than adding it to my old setup. Even easier than when I was using my free Google for Business setup. The rest of apple's email landscape sucks. It is pretty poor at managing spam, the client is terrible, it doesn't sync rules between the desktop app, icloud email, and iphone. I hate email in general. It is getting to be 1 in a 100 type scenario of anything of value and likely worse if I knew all the emails that were deleted before I saw them.
- f17428d27584 2y agoI recently ran into an issue where Toyota’s app/site was detecting and refusing Apple iCloud hide-my-email addresses when trying to sign up. The error message was very clear: hide-my-email was not permitted. I was just trying to check for available service appointments near me and didn’t want the spam. But I guess sending spam is very very important to Toyota.
- EricE 2y agohttps://c-command.com/spamsieve/ https://c-command.com/spamsieve/ Worth every penny.