This. I've done this since 2003 (when I got my first custom domain + email) and I've discovered several forums, services and companies that have either sold their databases or (most probably) got hacked and never made it public.
Pro-tip: If you are going to give out the address face to face, they might not trust you or not understand when you tell them that your email address is [email protected]. I even had a store blatantly refusing to type that into their system. So, I started using ROT-13 to encode the company/service name, and just telling them the address is [email protected]. Nobody has ever asked why my email address was so unpronounceable.
This. I've done this since 2003 (when I got my first custom domain + email) and I've discovered several forums, services and companies that have either sold their databases or (most probably) got hacked and never made it public.
Pro-tip: If you are going to give out the address face to face, they might not trust you or not understand when you tell them that your email address is [email protected]. I even had a store blatantly refusing to type that into their system. So, I started using ROT-13 to encode the company/service name, and just telling them the address is [email protected]. Nobody has ever asked why my email address was so unpronounceable.