I want a bulletproof way to give email sub-addresses, since some websites strip out special characters like + and .. I have an idea for how it could work, let’s say my email is [email protected] and I have the following:
- All emails sent to TheTwelveYearOld@ get blocked
- I specify a suffix that would be used instead of
+, perhaps “From” - I whitelist phrases that go after “From”: TheTwelveYearOldFromDoorDash, TheTwelveYearOldFromGoogle, TheTwelveYearOldFromReddit
Are there any services that can do this? I’m thinking I should make my own domain for emails that way my email addresses aren’t tied to any companies and I can easily switch.
Yahoo used to provide this. You pick a prefix like shel, and then you can create a bunch of temporary email addresses like [email protected], and shel-spam. Thing is, my email address isn’t shel, it’s completely different, so if you strip off the extension it’s a dead email. (Also shel isn’t my real prefix.)
Bad news is it’s now premium only, although I’m grandfathered in. But I wonder if you could pay for a month, turn it on, then not pay for it again? Or just roll your own.