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Essays on aliases, privacy and Telegram delivery

Long-form thinking from the people running the service. No launches disguised as articles.

  1. Email aliases for newsletters

    One alias for all newsletters, or one each? How to keep subscriptions revocable, unsubscribe with a click you control, and read the good ones in Telegram.

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  2. Find out who leaked your email address

    With a unique alias per service, spam arrives pre-attributed: mail on acme@ means Acme leaked, sold, or lost your address. Here's how to read the evidence and what to do next.

  3. The one-alias-per-site workflow

    A practical system for naming, tagging, pausing, and eventually deleting email aliases — so fifty aliases stay easier to manage than one overrun inbox.

  4. Disposable email vs. email aliases

    10-minute mail is great until you need the password reset. Aliases give you the same disposability without burning your account recovery.

  5. What is email forwarding, actually?

    Forwarding, aliases, and second mailboxes explained without the jargon — what each one does, how they differ, and when you'd want which.

  6. Why email aliases still matter in 2026

    In an age of passkeys and federated identity, giving every website a disposable email address is still the cheapest defence you have against data breaches and targeted spam.