Some providers only allow popular mail services on signup (fuck those), so I had to set up a GMail address that just redirects to my actual one
My last name is really hard to spell, so it probably wasn’t the best idea, since I always struggle communicating that address verbally
The pain of running this still beats having to deal with a free provider out there that either spams my inbox with their own BS or just skims through the data to serve me ads.
I have a few domain names, including firstnamelastname.co.uk. I mostly use it for spam monitoring; everyone gets a different address, so eBay has ebay@, Microsoft has microsoft@, etc. It’s harder for them to link my identities together and if I suddenly start getting fuckloads of spam I know who leaked/sold my address. Fuck you, LinkedIn and LastFM.
I also had my own email server until recently (MailInABox on Proxmox), but I was looking for a cloud storage provider so I ended up signing up for Proton and moving my email there.
I’m using my custom domain email with a hosting service (mailbox.org). Hosting on my own was a pain in the ass and you also have to deal with spam filters not trusting you.
I have @firstnamelastname.tld since last name was taken (unrelated to me).
Typically use company@firstnamelastname.tld when giving out my email to keep track of spam so I used airline@firstnamelastname.tld when buying tickets.
At the check in the person saw my airline@ email and askes: oh do you also work for airline?
What setup did you use? I’m interested in doing this as well. I’ve already self hosted a NAS with vpn access using an RPI4 with PiVPN. It works quite well.
And here I am, with a firstname@lastname.de address, running my own mail server.
The pain of running this still beats having to deal with a free provider out there that either spams my inbox with their own BS or just skims through the data to serve me ads.
I have a few domain names, including firstnamelastname.co.uk. I mostly use it for spam monitoring; everyone gets a different address, so eBay has ebay@, Microsoft has microsoft@, etc. It’s harder for them to link my identities together and if I suddenly start getting fuckloads of spam I know who leaked/sold my address. Fuck you, LinkedIn and LastFM.
I also had my own email server until recently (MailInABox on Proxmox), but I was looking for a cloud storage provider so I ended up signing up for Proton and moving my email there.
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I’m using my custom domain email with a hosting service (mailbox.org). Hosting on my own was a pain in the ass and you also have to deal with spam filters not trusting you.
I have @firstnamelastname.tld since last name was taken (unrelated to me).
Typically use company@firstnamelastname.tld when giving out my email to keep track of spam so I used airline@firstnamelastname.tld when buying tickets.
At the check in the person saw my airline@ email and askes: oh do you also work for airline?
Sadly I didn’t think to try to grab my last name until recently, and it has been owned for quite a while.
Nice! I have firstname@lastname.us.
Congrats!
What setup did you use? I’m interested in doing this as well. I’ve already self hosted a NAS with vpn access using an RPI4 with PiVPN. It works quite well.