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I noticed a shitload of sign in attempts on my account from all kinds of countries. Outlook/Live/Microsoft email lets you set an email alias, and then you can sign in with that alias. Then people don't know your sign in information.

Gmail doesn't appear to offer the same thing(they have email aliases but you don't sign into Gmail with them).

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[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Microsoft lets you make an alias and use it as a login credential. So it can receive at that address and let you log in with that address. lots of times i get a reply email and its under the alias.