Re:Protonmail was down
by sleavey on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:35AM
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Catch-all is nice but I came from the self-hosting world where I could also customise the from address when I reply to a catch-all email. Protonmail only lets you reply from a non-catch-all address, so you end up leaking your "private" address if you ever reply. That's my only real complaint about Protonmail. I requested this feature but I doubt it's high up their priority list.
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That's really the feature that I miss most of all. If you have a catch-all, you should be able to customize the from address when composing a message.
There is an additional problem with catch-all emails on a custom domain, the domain itself is a uniquely identifiable substring (easy for data-gobblers and advertisers to trade or sell).
Why not use a relay service like [https://relay.firefox.com] or [https://owlmail.io]?
Since most senders aren't using PGP/E2EE your effective security risk is equivalent. Plus you can still discover address misuse/sale/leakage, disable addresses at will, and your privacy increases.
Re:Protonmail was down
by sammorrowdrums on Monday February 01, 2021 @06:25AM
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That makes sense although I still have an info@ email that collects my catch-all that is not my main, so while I agree it would be preferable to customise from address, at least I still retain a signal that it isn't personal email.