What do you use as your personal domain for email? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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I'm looking into getting my own domain to use for email for both my partner and I. I was initially considering using both or first initials followed by our last name (example: ajsmith.tld for Ann and John Smith) but then got to thinking about it and realized that might not be best for privacy. It looks great in a professional setting (like job applications, bills, taxes, etc.), though. So I'm unsure. I'm curios what other privacy concerned people are doing. The main goal is to not have to worry about changing account emails when we change email providers.

Edit: thanks everyone! Lots more replies than I expected and lots of good advice. I ended up going with lastname.tld domain and will combine that with aliases for privacy where needed. I might buy a fun domain later as well but for now this works.

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[-] INeedMana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think that having any kind of recognizable email is against the idea of privacy. So I would set up the following layering:

Mozilla Relay/TempMail (randomized email accounts)
for most of shops, job applications, etc. If it leaks you can easily disable the account and/or rotate it on periodic basis to limit the cross-database matching (the privacy part)
a few separate domains for things where you can't stop receiving mails or having an account is really worth it

one for banks
one for government
one for the few shops where the first layer is not enough
one for private exchange

the provider that can change

this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025

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