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[–] xintrik@lemm.ee 45 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's what I do. Anytime I need to sign up for something with an email I do:

companyname@mydomain.com

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use wildcards for some stuff, but I mostly just use public@domain.com and have my real email for friends and family private. It's not liked I get emails from friends and family anymore anyway. Everything is iMessage or SMS.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It's not liked I get emails from friends and family anymore anyway.

I’ll send you an email. $12

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Same. Crazy obvious which companies are getting hacked or selling my info.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do the same thing, but with gmail tags.

fuckwit+lemmy@gmail.com

Now if I get a spam email to that address I'll know exactly what to block.

[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I am amazed at how often that gets considered an invalid email.