 I am struggling to decide on what my email address strategy should be. More specifically, I can't decide which email to use for my IRL stuff (bank, insurance, etc.) I obviously don't want to use email on domains I don't control. I also don't want to use my main domain, because it links it to my "Internet/FOSS persona" too much. And using a domain with my last name in it also makes me a bit uncomfortable, but I don't know why lol What's your strategy for something like this? 7 comments
@kytta I use a totally different domain, not related to my web activities.  @kytta I also have the same inner debate always. Currently I use my main domain for both web activity and email. I dont think it is a bad idea. Regarding having linkage to internet persona, I use my name in most places, so that doesnt really affect me. But if you are giving this a fresh start, note that people might think of your new domain as spam too. If it doesnt relate to you, and has an arbitrary webmail landing page, feels kinda spam/phishing.  I don't trust my email setup enough to use it for critical things like banks, and I still haven't set up sending from grishka.me, while at least one bank I use needs sending from one's "registered email" to work. So these things use gmail. For now. @kytta I like using two domains and subdomains. For personal/professional communication: For most accounts: For bank, etc: Replace word3 with a generic word and random digit. Consider using an email provider like mailbox.org that allows you to receive mail at any name on your domain so you can have topicX@yourdomain.com |
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I am even contemplating buying a different ccTLD of my country (to avoid confusion with modern gTLDs, especially .dev), naming it something that has no links to me whatsoever, and make it look like a generic email provider on its webpage. But at the same time it feels like too much work for little returns.
I also can't buy YET ANOTHER domain, somebody stop me