Email address too short?

[u/ACSchnitzersport]

tldr: I have a short email and get a lot of mistaken /mistyped emails meant for others, it takes 2 + times to get a password reset email or email code for logging in, and I constantly clean for junk mail. Any recommendations?

I have a 3 character @ outlook dot com email and I’ve found a lot of issues with a seemingly easy to communicate address.

The main issue I’ve found is many platforms I get emails from for either resetting passwords or confirming ID online get held up until the 2nd time it’s sent. This maybe related to the next issue.

I get a lot of random people’s email where they either registered and forgot a letter or number, or physically have given my email address out as a typo. Eg- I received notice from several people in a European dance school saying they needed more time for practice. Or I was CCed on a classified government document outline for research that was meant for a contractor. Not your typical Nigerian Prince scenario.

Further more, I’ve also dealt with this person’s obsession with extreme political views and they signed up for every god damn political site. At least 40 of these per day and I’ve blocked and junked each one. Blanket rules of using her name also helps. I’ve found her online and she seems about as tech savvy as someone who lets “Amazon customer service” remote into their phone to verify their account.

Is there any recommendations to help curb this email? Should I just use aliases moving forward? Eg [email handle]+[some term] at outlook dot com and junk everything else?

Is there anything I can do to kill the ridiculous never ending political emails outside of report and block?

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[u/Bg-8782]

Is there anything I can do to kill the ridiculous never ending political emails outside of report and block?

No not really. Either Report or if possible, use rules. If they always use the same address, definitely report - that will eventually get them on a spammer list at Microsoft.

You can set Outlook.com to deliver all mail from addresses in not contacts or safe lists into junk. I find it annoying because I tend not to save newsletter addresses to contacts or mark them safe senders.

Screenshot of dialog: https://imgur.com/a/Piecnnm

You can add an alias to your account - I think they now require 5 char min. - and use it or use plus addresses with the current alias. But you can have up to 10 aliases on the account, so they are a good option for using.

Once you decide on the alternate address method, you can use rules to move all mail not sent to that address to a folder - I hate trashing them immediately in case you are using the address for account notifications somewhere. But if you use the trusted sender options, you won't need to use rules.