absolutely! from what I gather, he is easily identifiable just from the stench

i think you will find it relatively easy to do. best of luck!

can’t learn new things, if other perspectives are angrily dismissed!

i am gonna jump in and say that it depends on how deeply “non technical” you are. if you are already running your own website, then you could likely handle doing your email the way i do. there’s all kinds of info online, that will show you how to do it.

i did check out addy.io, and it seems simple enough to use. looking further into it, there are other services out there too, that offer a similar service, like forwardemail.net.

have a wander around the web, and see which solution feels right for you.

some interesting points in this article, but none that are dealbreakers for me continuing the way i currently handle my email. the one example of : “your email is Hilton? do you work here?” typically no employee actually cares enough to ask that question. i have been running my email this way for 20 years (ish), so my sample size is large enough to suggest my results are reliable.

still great food for thought, though!

gonna have to see about perhaps implementing this…

ooh! the cheapskate part of me likes this option!

i own a domain, and have a catchall account which forwards to a single address.

any time i sign up for a service, i use their business name as the prefix.

for example : i decide to go shop at a store called Mold Gravy, and the clerk tells me i can save 15% on today’s purchase by giving them my email address. i tell them it’s [email protected].

this keeps my actual main email account from getting polluted, and also if i notice an increase in spam, i can see which company either sold my fake email address, or were compromised, and the i can simply block it.

it costs $10/yr for a domain name, and another $5/month for hosting. well worth it.

ETA : there’s a lot of really great suggestions here, not only in response to me, but also in this whole thread!

i have never been so confused about my position on a topic. ever.

and sometimes avenges.

(while waving at others that do too)

exactly! this just shows that how we are responding is just perfect. he only talks like this about people he doesn’t like, or when he isn’t getting things precisely the way HE wants it to be done. this guy never learned to manage his emotions beyond six years of age.

that makes more sense than my dumb conspiracy idea!

guy wouldn’t know majesty if it came up and bit him in the face

i believe you’re on to something, with the thought that removing it wasn’t unintentional…

i am willing to bet it was deliberate, but as a way to catch more users who refuse to upgrade from Win10 BECAUSE of Copilot. once they get more users to adopt, they simply put it back in, in one of their updates

i have run out of things to say about what’s going on with him. all the shitty awful things he says/does/will do.

all i have left now is “this fucking guy”

holy metaphor, Batman!

yep. now i’m a dad!

imagine how many republicans were immensely angered by this! makes me feel warm inside.

i call them p’teats

but i am not talking about emojis… i am talking about emoticons, which came into heavy use in the early 80’s.

in any case, i was trying to be “cute” or cheeky when i suggested that “smilies” didn’t exist in Germany, but i failed to communicate that effectively. perhaps i should’ve used a winky face, or provided a little more context about the origins. sorry about my perceived snarkiness; wasn’t my intent.

EDIT : i am actually struggling to find a reference to “^^” being used by anyone; could you point me to a source, as i am genuinely curious about this