What temp or proxy email services are reliable? (lemmy.world)

submitted 23 hours ago by Sarothazrom@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I've noticed more and more companies are able to detect when emails are from a temporary or alias email service. With emails being as important to identity as a phone number or address nowadays, I use proxy emails to bypass corporate registration and tracking, at least to an extent. I don't give out my actual email unless it's for something genuinely important.

Are there services anyone out there uses that are reliable in getting around company filters that detect when an email is a temp mail?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] voxel@feddit.uk 3 points 20 hours ago

It isn't really about detection, they just got a blocklist of domains. There is not much temp mail services can do. Using lesser known or self-hosted solutions usually helps.

this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026

17 points (94.7% liked)

Privacy

47862 readers

206 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS