SimpleLogin
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 4 email alias services by recommenders
People recommend it for creating unique email aliases that forward to your real inbox, with good password manager integration. Common caveat: it doesn't support SRS, which weakens DMARC benefits.
People recommend it for creating unique email aliases that forward to your real inbox, with good password manager integration. Common caveat: it doesn't support SRS, which weakens DMARC benefits.
26 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 21
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 81%
Recommended in 11 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 21 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 11 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Separate alias per site or account
“It's a service which lets you create new email aliases with your domain that just send them to another email you own.”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Two billion email addresses were exposed” “use a a service like simplelogin to create unique emails for every place you sign in”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “1k Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag Is Worse” “SimpleLogin.io is a great disposable email service I’ve been using for years.”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: I wrote an email app that accepts only one sender per inbox” - Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned”
- Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting”
Good password manager integration
“Both SimpleLogin and Fastmail have excellent integration with password managers as well”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless” “I love the SimpleLogin integration that Proton made with Proton Pass.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester” Reliable and works as expected
“Recently I've been testing SimpleLogin and it worked every time”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Don't Subscribe So Casually” “simplelogin from Proton works great, can recommend”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless” “Very happy with the combo.”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “All I wanted was a custom domain email”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No SRS support, weakens DMARC
“they don't do proper SRS, so it invalidates any, ANY benefits from DMARC or such”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester” “Simplelogin doesn't do SRS which is pretty bad for this time and age.”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “All I wanted was a custom domain email” “don't get actual SimpleLogin, they don't do SRS”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Self-host your mail server” Some users moved aliases elsewhere
“a bunch of Simplelogin aliases I have over to Fastmail yet”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail” “hence moved on instead of fighting it”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem”
Other email alias services people recommend
The three most recommended other email alias services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Hide My Email | 66 | 56 | 54% | 11 | — | — |
| SimpleLoginThis page | 21 | 5 | 81% | 11 | — | Approved |
| addy.io | 11 | 1 | 92% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Fastmail Masked Email | 10 | 2 | 83% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 29 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I found the interface a bit lacking but they can always improve”
“SimpleLogin.io is a great disposable email service I’ve been using for years.”
“Simplelogin doesn't do SRS which is pretty bad for this time and age.”
“Very happy with the combo.”
“Simplelogin is a godsend for this cancer”
“Not the best, but what I like is that it gets out of the way”
“a bunch of Simplelogin aliases I have over to Fastmail yet”
“don't get actual SimpleLogin, they don't do SRS”
“Their SimpleLogin service will very rarely, but I've caught it a twice this year, will experience delayed emails up to an hour”
“Both SimpleLogin and Fastmail have excellent integration with password managers as well”
“simplelogin from Proton works great, can recommend”
“Addy.io and SimpleLogin are the best and allow PGP encryption”
“use a a service like simplelogin to create unique emails for every place you sign in”
“it only works kind of seamlessly if you get an e-mail on a wildcard address”
“Recently I've been testing SimpleLogin and it worked every time”
“I highly recommend a service like SimpleLogin. It allows for dynamic wildcards”
“I use SimpleLogin to have a separate email address per website/account.”
“they don't do proper SRS, so it invalidates any, ANY benefits from DMARC or such”
“I love the SimpleLogin integration that Proton made with Proton Pass.”
“I would end up having to change emails on all those sites if simplelogin simply lock my account out of the blue”
“since there's a non-zero risk that Proton might shut down SimpleLogin”
“for longevity and portability use own custom domain”
“1 unique alias per 1 uniques service and websites for proper segregation”
“hence moved on instead of fighting it”
“You also get simplelogin for free, give that a try.”
“for the vast majority, having an alias would be enough”
“You can always use AnonAddy, SimpleLogin, or similar to receive emails at your domain then forward them to Posteo.”
“It's a service which lets you create new email aliases with your domain that just send them to another email you own.”
“you can use them without the parent”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.