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Re:Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed? by lajamerr on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:07PM (#33874462)
Just make your own personal email address/domain.

I already have my domain firstlastname.com with Google domains. I can setup email forwarding for free. All goes to my gmail address.

As far as normal people their reaction was "That's cool you have your own email like that"

Re:Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed? by ipython on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:17PM (#33874577)
What’s annoying is the number of web forms that assume all email addresses must end in .com, .edu, or maybe .net/.org if you’re lucky. And refuses to let you use your nice custom email domain because it’s “invalid”.

So I have a .family address for my “primary” account and a gmail account for fallback purposes.

Re:Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed? by Maxburn on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:13PM (#33874533)
It's fun and educational. I nabbed [email protected]. Unfortunately my last name isn't quite so easy to spell so it isn't quite the easiest but it's me.
Re:Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed? by tunap on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:42PM (#33874775)
I had myname.com for 15 years. I let it go when I had email hosting issues, the Covid hit & I scrutinized my cost:benefit of inflating registrar and hosting fees over the years.
Re:Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed? by jonnycomputer on Monday December 05, 2022 @09:10PM (#33874984)
[email protected] always seemed a little redundant to as an email address; and [email protected] also sounds ... weird
Re:Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed? by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @12:59AM (#33876421)
I use [email protected]

I also sometimes use [email protected] because some services don't allow emails starting with keywords, Facebook for example doesn't, or didn't at the time I tried, allow mail / info / admin etc.