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I want to use my main mail address everywhere, even public places. But I doubt if I can guard myself against spam.

Is there a provider specialized in spam protection? Or at least good at it?

At last, given your experience, should I even do it?

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[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I want to use my main mail address everywhere, even public places.

No you don’t. It’s not quite as simple, but buy your own domain, get an email provider such as Fastmail that will let you use a catch-all, then use a unique address for every site you visit.

Then if one starts receiving spam, you can block that specific address and voila, no more spam. Plus you know what sites have either poor customer detail hygiene or are actively selling your details.

[–] syd@lemy.lol 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I own my domain but I'm not sure about provider. I want to use "name@surname.net" on my public profiles so unique mails for services trick wouldn't work for me.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] syd@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like this one. I guess I can use this for registrations. Thanks

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