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I mean yes, doesnt change the fact that I got the extra space without letting google know via a throwaway adress
I made a new throwaway Google account and linked that, then removed it after receiving the reward.
You can set up the auto forward to an alias, so Gmail wouldn't even see your original address.
im a bit too dumb, may I ask how to do this exactly?
email is like network backend stuff to me, bot equally confusing. Ive never felt like Ive figured them out really
EDIT: oh and is this the same as [email protected] suggested in a comment under this one?
I was more thinking of the Proton Pass alias feature, but now I'm not sure if that's free https://proton.me/support/pass-email-alias
EDIT: I did that but it didnt register sadly, useful tool tho thanks
and i got it to work with creating a throwaway gmail instead via an icognito tab
Hold on, I am in the process of moving to proton j and then discontinuing my gmail. But I am clearing out last 15 years of gmail crap before I run the wizard from proton to grab all my gmail mails....I guess there is no other way when you want to close down a gmail account eventually?
I want to move away, but 1GB? Right now I'm paying $2/mo to get 100GB.
idk I dont get so many big sized mails, and if so I mostly just download these attachments
You can pay for more space on Proton as well, though it's a little more than $2 a month