Hey,
So I am in the process of trying to move away from my all-purpose e-mail into a more organized and compartmentalized strategy.
I came across this blog on e-mail hygiene that I thought was interesting and designed a strategy based on it.
The results are as follows:
[initial][Surname][number]@gmail.com | Personal (friends/family only)
Firstname.Lastname @gmail.com | CV and job applications
Firstname.Lastname @proton.me | Banking and Fintech
[Random word][number]@gmail.com | Social media (exc.YouTube)
[Random word][number]@gmail.com | Shopping (Amazon, Aliexpress, courses)
Email 6 (+Simplelogin Alias) | Other websites – newsletters, forums, etc
Email 7 | Government entities
Email 8 | GooglePlay (purchases) and YouTube
Email 9 | Outlook (for Microsoft software e.g. Designer, Teams and Co-pilot)
Zoho | Business e-mail
Recovery e-mail 1 (ideally has a hard-to-guess username) | Receiver of ALL 2FA requests
Recovery e-mail 2 (ideally has a hard-to-guess username) | Recovery e-mail for Recovery e-mail 1
ALL E-MAILS MUST HAVE 2FA! - ALL MUST POINT TO Recovery e-mail 1
Now, let me address the elephant in the room: Yes, they are all Gmail or Outlook except for one Proton free account. The reason for that is I’m not as concerned about privacy as I am about security, and as far as I understand Google is good for security. Additionally, this setup would be too expensive if using paid options.
Now here’s the thing: These are 12 e-mails, and I wonder if I went overboard a bit with this setup. I have no idea how difficult this could become to manage over time. I assume the bulk of my e-mail will just end up in 1 or 2 of these e-mails and most of the others will stay somewhat dormant,
I expect to have all of them on my FairEmail app, but I also understand I need to give them some use, otherwise Gmail will terminate them.
So I’m open to suggestions. Is this too much? Would you remove some, add some? Could the fact that all my e-mails depend on recovery email 1 be a security risk in case that e-mail becomes inaccessible for some reason? Any other thoughts? I’m all ears.
Kind regards.