I recently launched a new email service called Port87. It's very different from how current email providers work. It's all based on tagged addresses, aka subaddressing.
My email is hperrin@port87.com.
When I want to give my email to a service, like Netflix, I wouldn't use that though. I'd use something like hperrin-netflix@port87.com. Then when Netflix sends an email there, Port87 will automatically create a pending "netflix" label for me to approve. All of Netflix's emails will go there. Each email address is separated from all other accounts, the email is automatically organized, and you can control whether you want notifications and to mark new email as read per label.
Then if I want to give my email to a friend, I would use something like hperrin-friends@port87.com. My "friends" label has screening enabled, so any new sender gets an email back asking them to click a link to prove they're human before their email is delivered.
Finally, I can share hperrin@port87.com publicly, because any email sent there gets an autoresponse with a list of addresses for my "public labels". The sender can choose which label is best for their message. For example, I have a lot of open source projects, so I have a public "opensource" label.
I've been using it for over a year now since I launched it publicly, and it's really a night and day difference over the more traditional style email services.
I agree with you for 99% of cases but there can be unexpected domains in the mail, or more interestingly, having your data sold. If hyperrin-nexflux2@port69 starts getting random spams for example, then you have a good idea who fucked up
Because senders don't always use the same domain, and this way lets you block the entire address. If a service leaks your email address, you can just block that email address.
It still all just goes to your inbox. It won't put it in a label for you, you can't control whether you get push notifications per address, and it won't autorespond with a challenge on ones meant for real people.
My email is hperrin@port87.com.
When I want to give my email to a service, like Netflix, I wouldn't use that though. I'd use something like hperrin-netflix@port87.com. Then when Netflix sends an email there, Port87 will automatically create a pending "netflix" label for me to approve. All of Netflix's emails will go there. Each email address is separated from all other accounts, the email is automatically organized, and you can control whether you want notifications and to mark new email as read per label.
Then if I want to give my email to a friend, I would use something like hperrin-friends@port87.com. My "friends" label has screening enabled, so any new sender gets an email back asking them to click a link to prove they're human before their email is delivered.
Finally, I can share hperrin@port87.com publicly, because any email sent there gets an autoresponse with a list of addresses for my "public labels". The sender can choose which label is best for their message. For example, I have a lot of open source projects, so I have a public "opensource" label.
I've been using it for over a year now since I launched it publicly, and it's really a night and day difference over the more traditional style email services.