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If using custom domain e-mails, to prevent spam, is it necessary to make addresses unpredictable (e.g.: stem-chaos-stricken@domain), or is servicename@domain good enough? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Assuming a password manager is used, even jfav0ohjau4gvncgan19@domain should be OK.

On the other hand, I might just be overthinking it. It could even look suspicious to customer support, or is that again just overthinking?

Also, there already will necessarily be some predictable ones, such as work@domain, although servicename@domain would provide even more possible matches.

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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

Most spammers aren't reading the list of emails and thinking about it, they're just buying a huge list of emails and spamming them unthinkingly. I've been doing this (putting the company name before the at) for most of this century and the span contagion never spreads to other addresses at my domain.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Most spammers aren’t reading the list of emails

    With LLMs they don’t have to. I don’t really see a good reason to use service@domain.tld personally, you’re giving away more information with little to no benefit compared to something-random@domain.tld.

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