Martin SeegerJun 1

I use one dedicated email address per service.

This is a golden rule I started about 20 years ago. Today I have about 700 email addresses in use. The Password Manager keeps track, which Email address is used for which service.

This has several advantages:

  • An attacker has no idea which email address I use for a certain service: this makes attacking my accounts a lot more painful
  • I can very easily sort incoming email associated with those services
  • It becomes more difficult to track me

Lately more and more services do no longer allow me to create an account with an email address I designate.

Instead authentication is delegated to a third party (e.g. Discord, Paypal) and the email address associated with that service is used.

Such a service will never receive any money from me.

Show threadBrad Larsen
@masek what's your workflow for creating a new single-service email? Does your email allow wildcards, or do you have to manually set up something each time?
Jun 1 at 1:16pmWeb
Show threadMartin SeegerJun 1

@bradlarsen I have a wildcard. Every email at my domain ends in a single mailbox. There I have automation rules.

Once an email address gets too much traffic, it gets a rule.

But by default the workflow is completed by using it to create an account and saving it via Bitwarden/Vaultwarden.

Show threadBrad LarsenJun 1
@masek cool, thanks for the details! I have thought idly about doing similar for years, but the warnings my email provider gave about wildcards, spam, and possible denial-of-service on my email has given me pause.