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Ask HN: An email host/provider with infinite aliases

1 points by cyborgx7 ↗ HN
I understand why they have to limit the amount of aliases if you use their domain but I don't see a reason to have that limit when you use your own domain. Or at least a very high limit (like 1000).

I'm aware of wildcard/catch-all based approaches and e-mail forwarding services that provide infinite aliases, as well as the classic + extension. None of them are what I am looking for.

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quantumofalpha
fastmail's limit is "600, plus 15 for every user in the account".

And what's wrong with catch-all if you're the only the user? It works pretty much like infinite aliases, they even let me reply from <anything>@

cyborgx7
>And what's wrong with catch-all if you're the only the user?

I want e-mails going to aliases I haven't set up, or deleted, to get bounced off, not accepted.

quantumofalpha
Why though? Do you have people spamming you at random emails at your domain? I've never seen this with my domains so far

Very few email addresses I've given out so far caught the attention of spammers. Fastmail lets me set up aliases to block and reject traffic to them. While everything else still gets routed to my inbox. I think this is easier than setting up an alias for every occasion by hand - which needs a few clicks every time.

If some spammer would really start bruteforcing email addresses at my domain, I'd probably write some script to deal with it via imap/pop3 API.

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gradschool
I get something like unlimited aliases with Gandi, and they let me have it at no extra charge by having a domain registered with them. I'm not affiliated, just a satisfied customer. I agree with your reason for not wanting a catch-all.
cyborgx7
That one looks very promising. I also like that they aren't incorporated in the US. Thanks for the recommendation.