u/Dragon164

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Thanks for trying to pull a fast one then 180ing way after I had already migrated.

Hey all,

I finally committed to a new email provider and I’m working out how I want my inbox flow to function. I’m stuck between two organizational approaches and would love feedback from people who’ve lived with either system.

Option 1: Structured aliasing
I’d use a small, intentional set of aliases to keep my digital life organized:

• me@ — trusted personal
• business@ — professional/business (separate domain)
• finance@ — banking
• services@ — retailers/subscriptions
• socialmedia@ — platforms
• newsletter@ — mailing lists
• gaming@ — gaming platforms
• system@ — personal server notifications (send‑only)

Plus‑addressing would help me track specific services (e.g., services+netflix@).

Option 2: Catch‑all
Enable catch‑all and use service‑specific addresses directly (e.g., netflix@, chase@) without creating aliases, except for the ones I need for sending.

If you’ve used either approach, how did it feel long‑term? Did catch‑all become chaotic, or did structured aliases feel too rigid? I’m trying to build something sustainable and would appreciate any insight.

Thanks!

Alright friends,

A very long story short I'm a recent calyxos convert trying to figure out the most efficient setup for my new graphene OS device and after trolling the forums and reading a large chunk of the usage guide I've come up with what I think would be a reasonable workflow and I would love for folks to shine light on the downsides to my approach.

For starters one user profile as "Owner" for relatively trust worthy system apps. (Considering adding nextcloud and signal along with some foss dashboard apps to this) - This is justified by the first paragraph of the usage guide under the subsection "Installation" under the section "Sandboxed Google Play"

Using a private space for pretty much everything else that isn't essential FOSS apps and google dependent apps. Although exec spawning and sandboxing are a thing. Having an off button for all the crap I don't trust is neat but not worth changing whole user profiles and learning that workflow for.

Work profile for, you guessed it work stuff. Based off my reading it would need a separate play store anyways since I wouldn't be installing play on the owner profile.

In calyx I pretty much had foss on my Owner profile and proprietary in the work profile which honestly sucked if I'm just trying to use Google maps on my day off and I don't want to see work emails.

My main goal here is usability with as minimal sacrifice of security as possible within reason.

Let me know what you think and thanks in advance!

Hey r/emailprivacy,

Finally pulling the trigger on leaving Gmail after years of meaning to. Currently spread across multiple accounts that accumulated over time — the classic personal, work, and junk collector setup most people end up with. Looking to consolidate into something privacy-respecting on a custom domain I own.

My requirements are pretty specific:

**Privacy-first** - zero-knowledge encryption, Swiss or equivalent jurisdiction preferred

**Custom domain** - portability matters, I want to own my address permanently

**SMTP support** - need to route automated notifications from other services through the same provider

**Aliasing** - want to compartmentalize properly so different areas of my life don't share an exposed address

**Email focused** — I already have my calendar, contacts, and file storage handled elsewhere so I have zero interest in paying for a full suite just to get decent mail That last point is the friction.

Proton Mail Plus ticks every box at a reasonable price but every recommendation thread pushes toward Proton Unlimited. I don't need Drive, VPN, or any of the extras — I just need solid private email with SMTP token support and a reasonable alias allowance on my own domain.

Tuta keeps coming up as a privacy-forward alternative and the encryption depth is genuinely impressive, but the lack of SMTP support appears to be a hard no for my use case.

Questions for those who've been through this:

- Is Proton Mail Plus actually enough or does something consistently fall short in daily use?

- Any providers I'm not considering that hit privacy, SMTP, custom domain, and aliasing without bundling a suite?

- Anyone using Migadu or Fastmail and happy with the privacy tradeoffs?

- What does your alias strategy actually look like day to day — is it sustainable or does it become a chore? Appreciate honest takes over marketing page summaries.

Thanks!

Hey r/NextCloud,

I've been running a self-hosted Nextcloud instance for over a year on TrueNAS SCALE and it's been a great experience. Files, calendar, contacts, notes — all off Big Tech and under my own roof.

The one piece I haven't solved is email.

I'm currently spread across multiple Gmail accounts and want to consolidate into something privacy-respecting that integrates cleanly with my existing setup.

My specific requirements:

**SMTP support** - need to route TrueNAS alerts and Nextcloud system notifications through the same provider

**Custom domain** - I want to own my address and be able to leave cleanly whenever

**Aliasing** -want to properly compartmentalize without exposing a single address everywhere

**Privacy-first** - zero-knowledge, Swiss or equivalent jurisdiction preferred -

**Email only** — already running Nextcloud for files, calendar, and contacts so I have zero interest in paying for a full suite just to get a decent mail service I keep landing on Proton Mail Plus as the obvious answer — mail focused, reasonable price, SMTP token support. But Proton Unlimited keeps getting recommended and I genuinely don't need what it adds over what Nextcloud already gives me. Tuta looks interesting from a privacy standpoint but the lack of SMTP support seems like a dealbreaker for homelab use specifically.

Questions for the community: - What are you actually running and why? - Any gotchas with SMTP integration on your chosen provider? - Anyone running self-hosted mail (Stalwart, Mailcow etc.) and actually happy with deliverability? - Any providers I'm sleeping on? Appreciate any real world experience — the marketing pages all sound great but you lot will tell me the truth.

Thanks in advance.