iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com

Post by duskwuff » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

mrweasel wrote: post #162

riddlemethat wrote: post #72

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I configured about a dozen domains to have MX records for the mailinator disposable inbox service for about a decade for free as a gift and the domains were toxic for any other email use case for years afterwards… they were so abused you couldn’t even sign up for most web services with any email associated by the time I stopped renewing them… there are still GitHub lists of disposable email addresses that list to bla…

So assuming that I wanted a domain, which would be worthless on any mailing listing and pretty much any service, only good for regular emails, then letting them sit a mailinator aliases for a year or so is a good option? Sadly mailinator and similar services aren't really working anymore.

Post by chrisweekly » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC

kqp wrote: post #58

This is a huge selling point. Private email relays often get blocked, the only lasting solution is to put them on the same domain as, and in the same format as, a significant number of non-private email addresses. As far as I’m aware the only other provider doing this is Fastmail. Comments about lock-in aren’t wrong, but it has to be this way. You can make arbitrary email addresses at your own domain, but anybody who…

Post by rsync » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC

DarmokTanagra wrote: post #190

rsync wrote: post #186

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A reminder: Neither visa nor MasterCard networks have the ability to verify cardholder name. Everyone behaves as if they do, but your name cannot be verified. Which is to say, all of these cards have name anonymization, not just robinhood.

I was unaware of that, is address also unverifiable?

Post by windowliker » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC

nemomarx wrote: post #167

windowliker wrote: post #154

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Gmail filters are very good. But if someone with the same name as you starts using your e-mail address for everything because they don't understand or care about needing to see the e-mails they receive then there's very little you can do to stop it other than unsubbing from lists they sign up for (where possible). I've been getting someone else's e-mail traffic for about 5 years now, on two separate Gmail accounts, a…

why'd you get a Gmail with your personal name? isn't it kinda risky to give that out to every site and etc?

Post by peddling-brink » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #195

DarmokTanagra wrote: post #190

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I was unaware of that, is address also unverifiable?

Yes, address is verifiable.