I’m a heavy user of aliases (catchall aliases with my own domain).
Every recipient gets an own alias from me.
Current behaviour:
If I want to write an email, I first have to:
go to the “Manage identities” setting
create my Identity for the new alias
select the Identity in the “Compose”-Screen when writing the mail.
Proposal:
I’d prefer to have an identity with only part of the email adress specified.
I propose to use a space as a placeholder, because it cannot be used in email-adresses (if unquoted).
Examples:
“user.name+ @example.com”
" @example.com"
Desired behaviour:
Now when I write an email, I’d have to:
select my identity from the list of identities
the space is replaced with the current cursor position
I can enter an alias of my choice
When I receive an email on an address, which matches the pattern the same adress should be used when replying.
Discussion:
Is this usecase too exotic? Are other users interested in something like this?
Using a different alias for every recipient is very important to me for privacy reasons and helps prevent spam.
Please tell me, if you would implement it in any other way.