One site, one dedicated alias

Plan up to 100 aliases around your sign-up habits

Email aliases aren’t about replacing every sign-up with the same new address. Assign a forwarding alias to each site so that if one starts sending spam, you can disable just that address. First count the accounts you want to keep, then leave room for your next sign-up.

Start allocating slots Understand the difference between email types

Calculated locally · No sign-in required

Add your usual sites to the plan

Count one alias for each site you want to keep separate. You can usually use one alias for a site’s order updates and membership messages; don’t count the same account multiple times for different types of email.

Inputs aren’t saved

Enable JavaScript for live calculations

You can also calculate this manually: planned usage = the total across the four site categories; unallocated slots = 100 − planned usage. The reserve is part of your unallocated slots, not extra capacity. The example below shows 55 planned, 45 unallocated, including 15 reserved.

Site counts and usage period

Enter a whole number from 0 to 100 for each category, including existing aliases and ones you plan to create. The usage period only affects review recommendations; it doesn’t set an automatic expiry date.

Shopping sites Orders, support, membership

Communities and forums Discussions, saved items, direct messages

Apps and online services Tools, subscriptions, account recovery

Other long-term sites Courses, tickets, everyday services

Reserve for new sign-ups

Enter a whole number from 0 to 100. Reserved slots count toward your unallocated capacity; they don’t create addresses in advance.

Your quota plan

Allocate first, then decide what to create

55 / 100 planned

Planned usage: 55; unallocated: 45, including 15 reserved and 30 not yet assigned.

Unallocated: 45slots
Reserve target: 15slots
Available after reserve: 30slots
Total over limit (including reserve): 0slots

Plan and reserve are within the limit

Assign aliases to 55 sites and keep 15 slots available for new sign-ups. Another 30 slots are unassigned, so there’s no need to use them all at once.

This result doesn’t show your actual remaining account capacity. Check the number of existing aliases in your dashboard before making changes.

How it’s calculated: planned usage is the total across the four categories; unallocated slots equal 100 minus planned usage, with a minimum of 0. The total shortfall is the positive amount, if any, by which planned usage plus the reserve target exceeds 100. Overages aren’t automatically trimmed into an executable plan.

How to allocate

Prioritise sites you’ll keep using

“One site, one alias” helps you identify where messages come from; it doesn’t mean you have to migrate every old account today. Start with sites where you still have orders, subscriptions or account recovery needs, then review accounts you no longer use.

Keep slots for account recovery and orders

Prioritise the apps you use, open orders and active subscriptions. When changing the email on an old account, first check that the site allows it, then verify the new address and test notifications or recovery emails.

Not sure where to start? Check where your real email is exposed

Assign a new alias with each sign-up

Give each new site its own alias and note what it’s for in your records. Don’t share one address across all your shops just to save slots; if spam arrives, you won’t know where it came from.

Route messages to your real inbox by alias

Leave first; consider deleting later

Disabling an alias only stops future forwarding from that address; it won’t free up the slot it already uses. If you need to make room, first move your account recovery address and confirm you no longer need incoming messages, then decide whether to delete the alias.

Getting too much spam? Follow the damage-control steps

Don’t delete aliases just to make the numbers look better

Before deleting an alias, check whether you still use it to sign in, get refunds or support, or receive subscription messages. We can’t guarantee you’ll be able to recreate the same address after deletion, and “delete and recreate” isn’t a good long-term strategy.

Review based on how long you use each site

A review reminder isn’t an expiry setting

Recommendations on the right update when you change the counts or usage periods above. If sites in one category are at different stages, split them into separate tasks in your own records. This page won’t create calendar events or disable aliases automatically.

A 30-day archive isn’t a permanent backup

Emails sent to aliases stay in the online archive for 30 days. Save orders, receipts and account notifications you need to keep in your real inbox. Before deleting or disabling an alias, check that you haven’t missed any important messages.

Review plan for this draft

First check subscriptions and pending tasks, then move account recovery addresses, and finally decide what to keep, disable or delete.

Shopping sites · 18

Still using

Review every 90 days: check active subscriptions and unfinished business; keep addresses you still need for account recovery. If you plan to leave, move your recovery address first, then decide whether to disable or delete the alias.

Communities and forums · 12

Still using

Apps and online services · 20

Still using

Other long-term sites · 5

Still using

These are review recommendations for 55 planned aliases, not an automatically scheduled plan.

Put your plan into action manually

Start with the next site you sign up for

Use your real email to receive a sign-in verification code. Once you’re in the dashboard, check your actual quota, then create aliases one at a time. The counts and usage periods entered here aren’t sent to your account or turned into a bulk creation task.

Temporary addresses work for one-time verification codes. Don’t use an address that may expire for sites where you’ll need account recovery, order updates or long-term notifications.