I'm trying to de-Google, and that means finally getting off of Gmail. I need a new email address for shopping/corporate spam. Where should I park all the emails I get about coupons, shipping updates, new product features, policy changes, etc.?

Considerations:

-I don't want to just give all my shopping data to another big AI company. (So, not Outlook/Microslop.) I don't want a provider that will sell my data to third parties, either. These emails don't need top-level privacy protection, but random third parties don't need to know whether I buy cheap or expensive shoes.

-I'd like to use email aliases for different companies so I can figure out who's the leak if I start getting emails from an unexpected source. (Although maybe that can be a separate service from the email provider?)

-I don't care what country the email provider is based in. I don't care if the CIA can theoretically find out what shoes I buy, I just don't want businesses giving me higher "personalized" prices because of those shoes.

-I'd prefer to stick with a free email provider if possible, but maybe that's not compatible with the first point, IDK.

Suggestions, please!

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[–] 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I think Port87 may be what you are looking for.

"Sharing a different address with every app or service keeps them from tracking you. If a company leaks your email, you can easily change a label’s address and block the address that was leaked, preventing spammers from reaching you."

I don't think there are any trackers or data collection. The developer/owner of the company is on the threadiverse (@hperrin@lemmy.ca) and their is a !port87@lemmy.ca community. Perhaps they can confirm. @hperrin@lemmy.ca?

It has a free tier, but that tier only allows you to receive email, not send. Cheapest sending email account is $0.99/month.

You said you don't care about the country, but for completeness, their contact info has a San Marcos, CA, USA address.

I use it and really like the "sub-emails" I can make for each type of email or per company.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 hours ago

    Sold! This is exactly what I've been looking for, and I love that the owner is on the fediverse. Thanks for the recommendation and little writeup.

    EDIT: The site is also written and run without any use of LLMs or other gen AI whatsoever, so that's a huge plus!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago

    Correct, there are no trackers, and the only data collection is what’s needed to run the service (your email, contacts, account info, details about your browser if you enable push notifications). Port87 also doesn’t sell your data or give it to any third parties.

    Thank you for the shout out! :)

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