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The hook then goes into a local LLM that has a rule to figure out what to do with it. I use DDG or mozilla email aliases as much as I can. All my emails go to a local email client and for the non-spam classified mails I have a few rules(**) I am toying with right now: 1. If non-money sub, categorize its content and create a P1 watch event and a set of f", "context": "", "use_case": "email aliases", "switched_from": "", "story": "NYC's \"Click to Cancel\" rule is now in effect"}, {"id": 793118704, "item_id": 49569919, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569919", "by": "godelski", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "started using Firefox Relay (proxy email addresses, with a mozmail domain)", "excerpt": "I'll third this. A few years ago I set up both a website (cloudflare) and started using Firefox Relay (proxy email addresses, with a mozmail domain). I did it to make gmail less sticky and control spam[0]. 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