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There's no solution to a non-problem. Precisely 3 of the hundreds of the generated email addresses I've given out over the past ~12 years have needed replies. When this happens, I simply reply from an address that actually does exist, while CCing the original generated address and setting it as the reply-to address.

If I ever have to give a generated address out to an actual person, then I'll let them know replies will come from a different address. So far I'd guess 99.999% of the emails I received are transactional emails and/or sent from noreply@...

Far more annoying are a few websites I use that only support magic links for login--my password manager doesn't auto fill them, and some of them I now have a number of accounts at due to inconsistent spelling/formatting.



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