{"slug": "simplelogin", "name": "SimpleLogin", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 1, "score": 2.158, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2026-06-02", "latest": "2026-08-20", "why": "I highly recommend either SimpleLogin or Fastmail aliases.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I highly recommend either SimpleLogin or Fastmail aliases.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://simplelogin.io", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["SimpleLogin"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 790026336, "item_id": 49376646, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376646", "by": "aliasxneo", "date": "2026-08-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I usually use something like SimpleLogin", "excerpt": "I get enough legit and illegitimate ones every week on LinkedIn that it's become really easy to tell the difference. Hard to pinpoint in a comment because it's mostly a gut feeling. But, in rough order: 1. Look at the person's LinkedIn profile contacting you and examine their post history. In one comical scenario the \"recruiter\" had a long 4 year gap where they were writing comments in English and all of the sudden t", "context": "", "use_case": "email alias for recruiters", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to compromise your system with a job interview"}, {"id": 777024944, "item_id": 48564059, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48564059", "by": "outlore", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend either SimpleLogin or Fastmail aliases.", "excerpt": "I highly recommend either SimpleLogin or Fastmail aliases. The latter are superior because they can be used to reply directly to any received email without needing to set up reverse aliases. When you own your own domain, the switching cost between providers is small. You can make a dedicated domain just for aliases Both SimpleLogin and Fastmail have excellent integration with password managers as well", "context": "", "use_case": "email aliases", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless"}, {"id": 775068195, "item_id": 48441762, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48441762", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-06-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Addy.io and SimpleLogin are the best and allow PGP encryption", "excerpt": "I recommend people use proper email aliasing, not plus addressing. Duckduckgo makes a free one that's can integrate into Bitwarden, if you have iCloud+ Apple's($0.99/month) hide my email is good. Addy.io and SimpleLogin are the best and allow PGP encryption to prevent another party having access to your emails, but they are paid for full features. > Organizations like the IAB require that advertisers normalize email ", "context": "", "use_case": "email aliasing", "switched_from": "", "story": "1k Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag Is Worse"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 774029746, "item_id": 48376859, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48376859", "by": "foresterre", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Sending from any * domain requires you to make the address via the simplelogin page and isn't nearly as seamless.", "excerpt": "I've used Fastmail for years but a year ago switched to Proton. For me the only reason to switch to Proton was that its hosted within the European continent, while Fastmail is hosted in I would say that Fastmail is the \"Ferrari of e-mail\" services. It does everything well, or extremely well, especially if you have more advanced setups like wildcard domains. 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Hard to pinpoint in a comment because it's mostly a gut feeling. But, in rough order: 1. Look at the person's LinkedIn profile contacting you and examine their post history. In one comical scenario the \"recruiter\" had a long 4 year gap where they were writing comments in English and all of the sudden t", "context": "", "use_case": "email alias for recruiters", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to compromise your system with a job interview"}, {"id": 785428880, "item_id": 49089305, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089305", "by": "salad-tycoon", "date": "2026-07-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use disposable emails via simplelogin (?) and iCloud hide my email.", "excerpt": "Or like me, I use disposable emails via simplelogin (?) and iCloud hide my email. I have hundreds. \u201cRoflz\u201d but I\u2019m a citizen so guess I\u2019m okay?", "context": "", "use_case": "disposable email aliases", "switched_from": "", "story": "US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search"}, {"id": 777024944, "item_id": 48564059, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48564059", "by": "outlore", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend either SimpleLogin or Fastmail aliases.", "excerpt": "I highly recommend either SimpleLogin or Fastmail aliases. The latter are superior because they can be used to reply directly to any received email without needing to set up reverse aliases. When you own your own domain, the switching cost between providers is small. You can make a dedicated domain just for aliases Both SimpleLogin and Fastmail have excellent integration with password managers as well", "context": "", "use_case": "email aliases", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless"}, {"id": 775068195, "item_id": 48441762, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48441762", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-06-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Addy.io and SimpleLogin are the best and allow PGP encryption", "excerpt": "I recommend people use proper email aliasing, not plus addressing. Duckduckgo makes a free one that's can integrate into Bitwarden, if you have iCloud+ Apple's($0.99/month) hide my email is good. Addy.io and SimpleLogin are the best and allow PGP encryption to prevent another party having access to your emails, but they are paid for full features. > Organizations like the IAB require that advertisers normalize email ", "context": "", "use_case": "email aliasing", "switched_from": "", "story": "1k Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag Is Worse"}, {"id": 774029746, "item_id": 48376859, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48376859", "by": "foresterre", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Sending from any * domain requires you to make the address via the simplelogin page and isn't nearly as seamless.", "excerpt": "I've used Fastmail for years but a year ago switched to Proton. For me the only reason to switch to Proton was that its hosted within the European continent, while Fastmail is hosted in I would say that Fastmail is the \"Ferrari of e-mail\" services. It does everything well, or extremely well, especially if you have more advanced setups like wildcard domains. In particularly, I miss being able to send from wildcard dom", "context": "", "use_case": "email aliases", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"}]}