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What email provider do you use for sign ups? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by OnePhoenix@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I used to use Protonmail, however the verification steps become tedious when creating unique emails for sign ups. I've switched to Tutanota despite it contravening their one account policy. What do you all use for one off emails (for sign ups etc )? Or do you prefer one of those 10 minute email sites?

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[–] bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Duckduckgo has an email redirect thing where you can make temporary addresses that forward to your normal one.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you're paying for Proton, you have access to SimpleLogin, which lets you make unique addresses that will forward to your real address. You can even respond from those addresses.

There are several other services that do the same thing (e.g., AnonAddy).

[–] OnePhoenix@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Perhaps I haven't used it to its full capacity but, I have a free proton account and I still have access to simple login

[–] Echo5@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I like guerrilla mail (short term email generation) but I’ve found that a lot of their domains are blocked by these sites I’m trying to sign up for >:(

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Protonmail or Gmail.

Edit: but lately also Apple's email obfuscation service tied to iCloud. But I'm an Apple platforms kinda guy.

[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I use Gmail as a trash account for easy logins and proton for the rest with Gmail forwarded to proton so I never have to open Gmail itself.