DidacticDumbass

This is true. Email is so cheap it is practically free, which is why spam and scams became so successful.

The most tech savvy I have ever gotten with a friend is using Signal. I guess if I truly care about privacy is should use GPG on whatever can use it, but I don't do a lot through the internet that does not obligate my identity, like banking or university stuff. I tried to be random with using aliases when ordering stuff online, but more often then not it was a hassle with family members getting confused. Plus, there has been times when I need to sign or pick up from the delivery center due to some error, and I am glad I used my name since they look at ID.

Social media is like the only reason to stay anonymous.

This is absolutely a feature I wish I had started using a long time ago, or I even had available to me. There have been plenty of times were I sign up for something that is not an automated mailing list, just a mass send out, and there is no way to unsubscribe.

Aliases are not something I was thinking about when I first posted, but it is definitely the most necessary feature now that I think about it.

Outbound mail seems to be what defeats this entire project. Still, I do enjoy that there are many options to make everything work.

You know what, I will look at it again. I seem to have a problems every time I move away from Debian, and I have been rocking MX Linux for awhile, and as great as it is, it cannot support everything that has moved on to SystemD. Also, as comfortable as I am with XFCE, I don't really like it... BUT I hate KDE so anything else is better.

Yeah, if I can't work out my problems with openSuse, I probably won't have better luck with Fedora. So, back to Debian!

Okay, what a program. THIS does everything. I mean, just on paper it does it all. Thanks for the suggestion.

I am basically sold. I still want to learn how to set up my own server. I think it would be valuable to have an intranet accessed by VPN for REAL PRIVATE STUFF.

Any suggestions for uses cases with masked email? I think I get the concept and have ideas of how to make use of it, but maybe I am missing some scenarios. Like, can I have a prepared list of address to give out to strangers? Some times it is necessary, but I don't want some rando to take advantage of my trust.

Proxmox is wild. It does so damn much and is open source. The subscriptions look reasonable too. I don't plan to make money with my server, but I LOVE the range of options they have. Very granular, makes it affordable for everyone.

Enterprise software is no joke, using it makes me feel powerful, like I can do anything without needing to be a wizard.

Nice! Seems like a cool solution for aliases.

As much as I want to control every aspect, I am clearly not ready for the responsibility, at least not yet.

Fastmail is attractive because it streamlines so much. It looks really clean too. ProtonMail seems like a better deal because of the VPN, but it just feels like I am getting sucked into this growing company that may not even be all that great.

Yeah, this is on my shortlist. $36 for the basic is good to me. I will be trialing it!

That sucks. I don't even know what to think anymore. It is crazy that anyone with our email address essentially has access to when they use giant corporate services like google of microsoft, but every independent server is a bad actor until proven reputable.

I can't be asking everyone I want to email to put me on a whitelist. They'll just tell me to lose their address.

This is probably the most solid advice I have gotten concerning the sending problem. I really hope I can setup something stable and reliable that works in the long term. I do like that once I have my own domain, it is easy to port to other services or providers.

I think I will take it slow. Learn to use docker. Learn to use proxmox and launch VMs. I have slept on these technologies because I am not a developer, so I it never seemed better than just installing stuff from my package manager. Now I want to learn.