Masked email

ewal · 10 Aug 2022, 04:03 AM

Since the introduction of this facility I'm finding I use it more and more. Really cool feature and so easy to use from either a browser or the Fastmail app.

However I'm finding some website rejecting the masked email as the masked email contains a period ".".

Clearly those website don't understand that email addresses can be formatted that way, however is there a way of creating a masked email without a period? Or is there another way round this other than having to revert to my previous practice of creating a dedicated email address.

Simply leaving the period out results in a delivery failure of course.

Bamb0 · 10 Aug 2022, 02:18 PM

Wow masked as in your addy is hidden??

How would they reply??

I remember when I had a fastmail account (Basic interface) you could change your email address and if ya left it blank,it would send the email and it would say it was from "MAILER DEAMON" (Like a bounced email)

Kinda neat.....

n5bb · 10 Aug 2022, 02:32 PM

Read about Fastmail Masked Email at:
https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/a...1-Masked-Email

Bill

ewal · 10 Aug 2022, 06:15 PM

Any ideas of being able to create a masked email address without the period "."?

misc · 11 Aug 2022, 04:19 PM

Hi ewal,
I think that’s not possible at the moment. Just out of curiosity, can you tell an example site that is rejecting such an email address? I’ve not seen this so far anywhere, and a dot is quite common in email addresses, isn’t it? My company address for instance is firstname.lastname@company.

Cheers,
Michael

SideshowBob · 12 Aug 2022, 01:30 AM

I've been using firstname.lastname@mydomain for years without any problems. I hope I'm not going to have to change that.

I'm wondering if it's something to do with this, which seems like the lamest scam in history. IMO this is 100% a Netflix problem for sending billing emails to unverified addresses.

Bamb0 · 12 Aug 2022, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SideshowBob

I've been using firstname.lastname@mydomain for years without any problems. I hope I'm not going to have to change that.

I would think you can use whatever ya want

JeremyNicoll · 13 Aug 2022, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamb0

I would think you can use whatever ya want

... provided "whatever you want" fits the rules mandated by the RFCs.

It's not reasonable to expect forms of email address NOT mandated by the RFCs to work, though.

SideshowBob · 14 Aug 2022, 02:03 AM

Dots are allowed in email addresses.

Grhm · 14 Aug 2022, 09:35 AM

It's all very well saying "dots are allowed", but that assumes that the site you are trying to register with knows that...
A similar issue was raised here:
http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=78705

SideshowBob · 16 Aug 2022, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grhm

It's all very well saying "dots are allowed", but that assumes that the site you are trying to register with knows that...
A similar issue was raised here:
http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=78705

Yes, obviously. You are taking my post out of its context.

Grhm · 17 Aug 2022, 06:27 AM

Oh, I see. Slight misunderstanding. No offence intended.

ewal · 29 Aug 2022, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misc

Hi ewal,
I think that’s not possible at the moment. Just out of curiosity, can you tell an example site that is rejecting such an email address? I’ve not seen this so far anywhere, and a dot is quite common in email addresses, isn’t it? My company address for instance is firstname.lastname@company.

Cheers,
Michael

Sorry for delay.

here is one:

theepochtimes.com

misc · 29 Aug 2022, 08:10 PM

Hi Ewal,

I could sign up for a free account with my masked email address (containing a dot character) without any problem.

When you say they’re rejecting your email address, what exactly do you mean by that? You get an error message directly after entering your address?

ewal · 29 Aug 2022, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misc

Hi Ewal,

I could sign up for a free account with my masked email address (containing a dot character) without any problem.

When you say they’re rejecting your email address, what exactly do you mean by that? You get an error message directly after entering your address?

Something like "wrong format email address" . When I removed the period dot "." it worked.

But of course I would never receive any emails without the period so I simply created an alias on one of my domains.

Maybe it is a browser issue? I use Chrome - I did not try using different browser.

10 Aug 2022, 04:03 AM	#1
ewal Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 1,334	Masked email Since the introduction of this facility I'm finding I use it more and more. Really cool feature and so easy to use from either a browser or the Fastmail app. However I'm finding some website rejecting the masked email as the masked email contains a period ".". Clearly those website don't understand that email addresses can be formatted that way, however is there a way of creating a masked email without a period? Or is there another way round this other than having to revert to my previous practice of creating a dedicated email address. Simply leaving the period out results in a delivery failure of course.

10 Aug 2022, 02:18 PM	#2
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,808	Wow masked as in your addy is hidden?? How would they reply?? I remember when I had a fastmail account (Basic interface) you could change your email address and if ya left it blank,it would send the email and it would say it was from "MAILER DEAMON" (Like a bounced email) Kinda neat.....

10 Aug 2022, 02:32 PM	#3
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,870	Read about Fastmail Masked Email at: https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/a...1-Masked-Email Bill

10 Aug 2022, 06:15 PM	#4
ewal Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 1,334	Any ideas of being able to create a masked email address without the period "."?

11 Aug 2022, 04:19 PM	#5
misc Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany Posts: 251	Hi ewal, I think that’s not possible at the moment. Just out of curiosity, can you tell an example site that is rejecting such an email address? I’ve not seen this so far anywhere, and a dot is quite common in email addresses, isn’t it? My company address for instance is firstname.lastname@company. Cheers, Michael

12 Aug 2022, 01:30 AM	#6
SideshowBob Essential Contributor Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 272	I've been using firstname.lastname@mydomain for years without any problems. I hope I'm not going to have to change that. I'm wondering if it's something to do with this, which seems like the lamest scam in history. IMO this is 100% a Netflix problem for sending billing emails to unverified addresses.

14 Aug 2022, 02:03 AM	#9
SideshowBob Essential Contributor Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 272	Dots are allowed in email addresses.

14 Aug 2022, 09:35 AM	#10
Grhm Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 264	It's all very well saying "dots are allowed", but that assumes that the site you are trying to register with knows that... A similar issue was raised here: http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=78705

17 Aug 2022, 06:27 AM	#12
Grhm Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 264	Oh, I see. Slight misunderstanding. No offence intended.

29 Aug 2022, 08:10 PM	#14
misc Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany Posts: 251	Hi Ewal, I could sign up for a free account with my masked email address (containing a dot character) without any problem. When you say they’re rejecting your email address, what exactly do you mean by that? You get an error message directly after entering your address?