I recently switched to Fastmail and have been happy with it so far.
The setup I’m using is:
- I have a mylastname.com domain. For serious accounts like my bank and insurance, I use companyname@accounts.mylastname.com.
- I also have a myrandomdomain.com. For most other online accounts I register with companyname@accounts.myrandomdomain.com.
- I have been playing with a sieve script to automatically create folders and categorise incoming mail for each address. It needs a couple of small tweaks still that I didn’t quite iron out before going away for a few days but should be pretty straightforward.
- In limited cases where I want more anonymity (eg. Facebook, Reddit, now Twitter), I create a masked email and set up a filter to put it into a folder myself.
- I use a different address to log in to my account instead of myfirstname@mylastname.com
For me this is a reasonable mix of security and convenience. Depending on your level of paranoia you could be slightly less paranoid (company@yourdomain.com or company@something.yourdomain.com), or more paranoid (use masked emails for everything - there is now integration for this in 1password so if you’re using that for a password manager it’s very easy to manage. I love the automatic categorisation using my own generated addresses gives though.
The setup I’m using is:
- I have a mylastname.com domain. For serious accounts like my bank and insurance, I use companyname@accounts.mylastname.com. - I also have a myrandomdomain.com. For most other online accounts I register with companyname@accounts.myrandomdomain.com. - I have been playing with a sieve script to automatically create folders and categorise incoming mail for each address. It needs a couple of small tweaks still that I didn’t quite iron out before going away for a few days but should be pretty straightforward. - In limited cases where I want more anonymity (eg. Facebook, Reddit, now Twitter), I create a masked email and set up a filter to put it into a folder myself. - I use a different address to log in to my account instead of myfirstname@mylastname.com
For me this is a reasonable mix of security and convenience. Depending on your level of paranoia you could be slightly less paranoid (company@yourdomain.com or company@something.yourdomain.com), or more paranoid (use masked emails for everything - there is now integration for this in 1password so if you’re using that for a password manager it’s very easy to manage. I love the automatic categorisation using my own generated addresses gives though.