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?

  • Lemming421@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    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.

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      7 months ago

      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.

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      7 months ago

      This is exactly what I have done since 2005 with them. Showed me years ago that 1800Flowers either was compromised or sells their email addresses.