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I also find that some services don't let you use their name in your email address.

Samsung is one I remember which wouldn't let me use samsung@domain.com, I managed to get by with smsung@domain.com. Definitely one for the password.

Then again, we should be using unique passwords for everything anyway, so a password manage is a must regardless of how you handle emails.

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This also happens to some extent in real life. Often when I say that my email is "your-company-name@my-custom-domain.tld" it's met with a "well, if you're just going to give me a fake address…". At which point I have to explain 1) catch-all email addresses, and 2) yes, you can own your own entire domain name.

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