Provide more control over alias generation
Email aliases are automatically generated using a pattern like (title)(random number).(random word)(random number)@passinbox.com. The only part of this that the user controls is the title.
If users are not allowed to directly choose aliases, then there should at least be an easy way (like a button) to generate a new random alias. Currently you must close the create dialog and reopen it to get a different alias. The problem is that the random words often have negative connotations, which makes the aliases unacceptable for things like resumes.
Kevin
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Buzzeger5
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Oh yes, I had to close the dialog, close the Firefox extension and wait 15 minutes for it to generate a new random prefix, because the random word was unsuitable/uncomfortable for the place I was trying to create a login.
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ramma
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Being able to exclude the period would also be nice. Unfortunately a surprising number of webforms refuse to accept email address that include them despite it being perfectly valid.
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Ken
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It would also be nice to disallow certain random characters which can lead to confusion: 1lI0O etc
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Kevin
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Resubmitting this idea because my previous submission vanished without a trace.
Users cannot directly choose an email alias. It is randomly generated and includes random words. Those words often have negative connotations, making the alias unacceptable for things like resumes. To regenerate the alias, we must close the create alias dialog and restart the entire process. If we cannot choose aliases directly, at least put a "regenerate" button in the create alias dialog.