Hey all, sorry if this was posted before, but lemmy search is hot dogshit at the moment, so I cannot really find anything relating to this topic.
Recently, I have been upgrading my email privacy bit by bit, and am in need of an email aliasing service / forwarding service. I have been looking online for a couple options and I’m currently down to 3 :
- Anonaddy
- Simplelogin
- Firefox Relay
Now, the main things I wish to know about each are, in your opinion, their pros and cons for a person with a pretty moderate-high threat model. Currently, these are the pros and cons that I have found :
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Anonaddy (Lite Plan)
- Pros
- Cheap at $1/m (billed yearly)
- Can use Custom Domains (catchall, wildcard, etc)
- Stores failed deliveries (could be important if my mailbox is full or something)
- Open-source
- Cons
- Only 50 aliases using shared domains (custom subdomain are easily identifiable)
- Owned by 1 or 2 guys, so not guaranteed to last as long as a company would per se. Doesn’t matter much if I use a custom domain.
- Pros
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Simplelogin
- Pros
- Unlimited aliases using shared domains
- Can use Custom Domains
- Owned by Proton (this is a pro in the sense of a guarantee that it will last a good bit of time)
- Open Source
- Cons
- Pricier at $2.5/m (billed yearly)
- I do not use proton, so compatibility could be a downside.
- Pros
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Firefox Relay
- Pros
- Cheap at $1/m (billed yearly)
- Unlimited aliases using shared domain
- Owned by Mozilla (more than likely will last longer than Proton)
- Cons
- They use Amazon SES/AWS, though they have contract to protect customer information
- No Custom Domains
- Pros
I am currently leaning towards either Relay or Anonaddy because of their 2.5x cheaper price (which does add up $12/y vs $30/y), but am very curious as to which you prefer and why. I will not be using these services for anything important (bank, govt, insurance, etc) as those go through a custom domain strictly for those. Junk, random accounts which aren’t important, newsletters, … will go through the aliasing service.
Thank you in advance, if something wasn’t clear let me know.
I use both Simplelogin and Anonaddy (Simplelogin for the very spammy stuff that would chew up my Anonaddy bandwidth), so I can provide some anecdotal insights. I use both on the free tier though, so keep in mind that my experience could be different.
For what it’s worth, I found Anonaddy to be a lot faster/reliable on average. Some of my Simplelogin alias would take longer to relay the emails. I also like the interface of Anonaddy more, something about Simplelogin just looks and feels cheap to me. The Anonaddy Android app is also nicer and smoother, but these are purely aesthetic opinions. I also don’t really care about the Proton integration, but Simplelogin trying to shove that in my face all the time is a bit annoying.
Overall, I spread out my aliases over both services so it’s a bit less centralised, with most going towards Anonaddy. But if I were to choose between the two, I would go with Anonaddy.
Simplelogin is slow with a premium account as well. Sometimes it’s forwarded in just a few minutes, other times it takes way longer. This is sometimes a problem when signing up for something and you need to confirm your email to activate your account.
Centralization isn’t much of an issue for what I’m looking for since most of this will be linked to no “real” identity. The paid features of both services (custom domain, replying via alias, more aliases) are something that I do need, so free plans are off the table for me. I do agree on you with the Anonaddy UI part, it’s far more pleasing to my eyes than simplelogin at the moment.
Thank you!