Create email aliases

Bramble can make a new email address for each site you sign up to, using an alias service you already have. Bramble only asks your provider for the address. Your mail never goes through Bramble.

Supported services

• Addy.io
• SimpleLogin
• Fastmail (Masked Email)
• DuckDuckGo (Duck Addresses)
• Your own domain, if your mail host delivers every address at that domain to your inbox (a catch-all)

Connect a service

1. Open Settings → Aliases.
2. Under Alias provider, choose your service in Provider.
3. Get an API key with the link under API key, then paste it in.
4. Choose Check key. Bramble shows Connected., and for some services how many aliases you’ve used.

Your connection syncs to every device in the vault’s sync group, and the key is encrypted with your vault.

Notes for each service

• Addy.io: after Check key, choose an Alias domain. Addy can’t create an alias without one. Alias format is optional.
• SimpleLogin: Alias domain and Alias style are optional. Word aliases include the site’s name, so anyone who sees the address can tell where you used it.
• Fastmail: under Connected apps & API tokens, create a token with only Masked Email ticked, so it can’t read your mail. Name it Bramble: Fastmail shows the name on every address it makes.
• DuckDuckGo: there’s no API key page. Choose Open Email Protection settings, open the Autofill tab and your browser’s developer tools, then click Generate Private Duck Address. Copy the token after authorization: Bearer in the Network tab. Check key can’t test this token. Creating your first alias is what shows it works. DuckDuckGo doesn’t offer an official key, so this may stop working without notice.
• Your own domain: enter Your domain, like example.com. Bramble can’t test it, so check the spelling: a wrong domain gives addresses that go nowhere. Alias style picks words or characters.
• Self-hosted Addy.io or SimpleLogin: open Advanced and enter your Server URL.

Create an alias when you save a login

1. Add or edit a login, and enter its website first.
2. Choose the @ button in Username or email.

Bramble fills in the new address. It tells your provider which site the alias is for, so you can find it later in your provider’s dashboard. DuckDuckGo doesn’t keep this.

With an alias service, each alias is a real address on your account, and it counts towards your allowance there.

On sign-up pages (browser extension)

Click the email box on a sign-up form and choose Use a new email alias. Bramble creates the alias and fills it in. If it fails, the row shows Could not create an alias, your provider’s reason if it gave one, and Try again.

Turn off or delete an alias

Bramble creates aliases but doesn’t manage them. To turn one off or delete it, use your provider’s own app or website.

To stop using a service in Bramble, open Settings → Aliases and choose Disconnect.