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So many spam emails all of a sudden? Rule out an email bomb hiding fraud first, then match what you see to a hacked account, a breach, a list sale, or spoofing.
The journal
A little email know-how.
Find Out Who Sold or Leaked Your Email Address in 5 Steps
Find out who sold or leaked your email address: read the headers, check Have I Been Pwned, send GDPR or CCPA requests, and make the next leak name itself.
What Is an Email Alias? Meaning, Types, Examples
What an email alias is: the five kinds with examples, alias vs forwarding, who can reply from one, whether it can be traced, and where not to use one.
Stores Asking for Email? What to Give Them Instead
Stores asking for your email or phone number? Why they ask, whether you have to give it in the US, California, the UK, and the EU, and what to give instead.
Can Unsubscribe Links Be Malicious? When It’s Safe to Click
Are unsubscribe links safe? A rule by sender, what clicking confirms, your mail app’s safer button, when to report or block, and what to do if you clicked.
How to Hide Your Email Address, Situation by Situation
Keep your email address private when you sign up, email a group, or post online: signup methods ranked by protection and effort, and what still identifies you.
Junk Email Address: What to Use for Signups and Newsletters
A second address for shops and newsletters: when a spare Gmail is enough, when one alias per site is better, and what to do if your junk email address leaks.
How Do Spammers Get Email Addresses? The 7 Main Routes
How spammers get email addresses (breaches, list sales, scraping, guessing, and contact uploads), how to tell which route reached you, and which you can close.
Email Pixel Tracking: What It Reveals and How to Block It
An email tracking pixel tells senders when you opened, on what device, and roughly where. What Gmail and Apple Mail hide, how to block it, and if spam is safe.
Hide My Email vs Email Aliases: Limits and Alternatives
How iCloud+ Hide My Email works, what its limits are, how to deactivate or delete one address, the 2026 domain reversal, and when another alias fits better.
Why Unsubscribe Doesn’t Work, and How to Stop the Emails
Still getting emails after unsubscribing? Why unsubscribe doesn’t work, the legal deadlines, how to find the lists you’re on, and where to report a company.
Random Email Address Generator: Real Addresses That Work
Which random email generators make fake, public, or real addresses, where to get a real one with no domain, and a browser generator for your catch-all domain.
How Many Email Accounts Should You Have? A Simple System
How many email accounts you need, whether one email for everything is safe, what goes where, recovery rules that prevent lockouts, and when one is enough.
What Is a Catch-All Email Address? Meaning and Risks
A catch-all email address receives mail for any address at a domain. How it works, why verifiers flag it, the spam and tracking risks, and how to block one.
Mail Privacy Protection on iPhone: What It Stops and Misses
How to turn on Mail Privacy Protection on iPhone and Mac, what it stops and misses, when to use Block All Remote Content, and why images stop loading.
Burner Email: What It Is and Whether It’s Traceable
A burner email can be a temp inbox, a spare account, or an alias. Who can read each, whether it’s traceable, why sites block temp mail, and what to use instead.
Do Spam Emails Ever Stop? What Actually Cuts Spam
Spam to an exposed address fades but rarely stops. What cuts it in Gmail, iCloud, and Outlook, why blocking fails, where to report, and when to change address.
Best Email Alias Services Compared: How to Choose (2026)
addy.io, SimpleLogin, DuckDuckGo, Firefox Relay, Hide My Email, Proton Pass, and Fastmail compared: free limits, replies, custom domains, and exit plans.
Plus Addressing Email: Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Limits
Plus addressing explained: which providers support name+tag mail, how to test and filter it, why some sites reject the +, and when a separate alias is better.
Is Having Your Own Email Domain Worth It? Costs and Risks
What having your own email domain costs a year, what you need, what happens if it expires, how it links your aliases, and when an alias service is better.
How to Set Up a Catch-All Email: Workspace, cPanel, and More
Set up a catch-all email in Google Workspace, cPanel, Plesk, Zoho, IONOS, GoDaddy, Namecheap, and more: current steps, hosts without one, and fixes.
iCloud+ Custom Email Domain: Setup, DNS, and Catch-All
Set up an iCloud+ custom email domain: the exact DNS records, Cloudflare settings, catch-all (Allow All Incoming Messages), sending, family limits, and fixes.
Hide My Email Not Forwarding? Find the Missing Mail
Hide My Email not forwarding? Run a two-minute test, then check the address, Forward To, Junk and Spam, Sign in with Apple, and why Gmail misses the mail.
Best Email Provider for a Custom Domain (Catch-All)
Best email provider for a custom domain with a catch-all: iCloud+, Fastmail, Migadu, Purelymail, Zoho, Proton, and more compared on IMAP, limits, and prices.
Fastmail Masked Email on a Custom Domain vs Catch-All
Fastmail Masked Email on a custom domain, a catch-all alias, or subdomain addressing: setup, limits, shutting off one address, and read-only app access.
addy.io (AnonAddy) vs SimpleLogin vs CatchNone: 2026 Comparison
addy.io vs SimpleLogin, checked September 2026: free plans, replies, prices, custom domains, catch-all, and cancelling, plus how CatchNone compares.
Gmail App Password: Create One, IMAP Settings, Fixes
Gmail app passwords still work: how to create one, why the option can be missing, the IMAP and SMTP settings to enter, and fixes when one stops working.
iCloud App-Specific Password and IMAP Settings
Create an iCloud app-specific password for Thunderbird or classic Outlook, enter Apple’s IMAP and SMTP settings, and fix sign-in errors. New Outlook needs none.
Use Gmail With a Custom Domain: Free Cloudflare Routing
Use Gmail with a custom domain, no Workspace needed: free Cloudflare Email Routing setup, a catch-all, spam fixes, limits, and sending after January 2027.
Does IMAP Delete Email From the Server? IMAP vs POP3
Yes: delete in one IMAP app and it’s deleted on the server for every app, usually via Trash. How POP3 differs, what read-only access means, JMAP, and port 993.