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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   I apologise if there has been some sort of misunderstanding. When I first launched the site I publicised the fact that it was in open beta whilst I was ironing out any obvious bugs and testing things out. I also had a banner message in the
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   Here is a good blog post [1] that explains backscatter and some ways to help prevent it. [1] https://willem.com/blog/2019-09-10_fighting-backscatter-spam...
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   I actually use the database to store all the different aliases, then Postfix does a database lookup to see if they exist or not.
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   I'll do my best to prevent spam being sent by the service and therefore avoid being placed on a blacklist in the first place. I know it may be difficult to avoid landing on any blacklists but the server does currently have some reasona
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   Not at the moment I'm afraid. It would be cool to set up an .onion address, I'll have to look into this.
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   Fair point, I'll try to emphasise the ease of alias creation instead going forward.
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   That's a really good point, I often fall into the trap of assuming things like this, thanks.
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   I haven't used it myself but I think Privacy.com[1] does this. [1] https://privacy.com/
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   by willbrowning 7y ago

   Great stuff! Let me know if you have any questions.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    I'll have to do some further reading on this. Do you vaguely remember where you read this and why it was not allowed?
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Yes that's true you could be linked if using a custom domain and someone can determine that nobody else is sharing that domain with you. That's why I added the additional username feature to compartmentalise aliases and also the U
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Thanks, I do have a small number of instructions for self hosting[1] they're still a work in progress and you'll need to know how to manage a server from the command line etc. A few users have asked for me to create a Docker image
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    I agree there may well be some challenges along the way but I'll do my best to prepare and prevent them. I'm always reading and learning more about the best measures to have in place for the server. Thank you, hopefully I'll
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Thanks a lot. The other pages e.g. the blog, FAQ, posts etc. are just very simple layouts along with the nav bar and footer. I'm using Jigsaw[1] which is a static site generator that allows you to use Laravel's blade templating en
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Yes a few other users have mentioned integration with password managers. I agree that would be extremely convenient, but this would obviously be up to the password manager to integrate it using the API.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    At the moment received emails are piped to the application where they are then forwarded on as a new email from an AnonAddy domain. So they currently pass SPF and DKIM checks as my DMARC reports show.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Thanks for your suggestions, I agree. In the privacy policy on the site I do state that "information will not be provided under any circumstances to any parties other than when compelled by law." Logs are rotated daily and deleted
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    I encrypt as much sensitive information in the database e.g. recipient email addresses, descriptions etc. Someone suggested the idea of creating hashed aliases, that are generated and hashed on the client side so that even I do not know wha
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    I've not heard of that as I normally use Mozilla Thunderbird. I'll look into it.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    I've never heard of inboxalias to be honest with you, so can't comment on that.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Yes replies have to be routed through the server in order to remove any trace of the real email address sender. They are currently sent from the domain anonaddy.me. I will be adding the ability to send replies so that they come from a user&
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    As I mentioned in another comment the only true solution to that problem is to use your own domain name. I will also be adding more generic domains to use in the future for users to choose from.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Thanks a lot, on the landing page the only javascript included is on the blog and help pages for searching. I have no idea how big the traffic spike is from this post but the server appears to be coping very well so far!
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Nice! I also plan to add random word aliases soon e.g. yellow.biker57@anonaddy.me etc. just because some people think UUID aliases stick out a bit and look odd. To be honest the only true solution to that problem is to use your own domain.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Not really that I know of apart from this site[1]. Or you could just get a pay as you go sim card and use a cheap phone to read messages (or use dual SIM if your phone supports it). The main issue is the finite number of mobile numbers like
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    It actually says "everything in free" meaning you get everything that is in the free plan plus the rest of the items in the list. Perhaps I could make this more clear?
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Thanks, this will always be a concern for these types of services. I will be keeping this service running indefinitely as I use it myself everyday along with friends and family. I originally created the service to solve my own problem. The
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    That's a really good suggestion! I agree it would be great to be able to create a per alias blacklist of senders who the alias will block emails from. That way like you said you don't necessarily have to deactivate the entire alia
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Yes you can, although at the moment it is done manually as I haven't got round to implementing a proper crypto checkout flow! There are instructions on the subscription page of your account.
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    by willbrowning 7y ago

    Thanks, I wrote a blog post[1] recently about the benefits of using different aliases as opposed to plus-addresses and that was one of the issues I mentioned. [1] https://anonaddy.com/blog/why-you-should-use-a-different