# Email alias and forwarding services

Email alias and forwarding services compared on privacy, open source, encryption, SRS, ARC and custom domains.

Email aliases give each site its own address that forwards to your real inbox, so leaks and spam can be traced and switched off. Each service is rated on privacy, openness and correct forwarding (SRS and ARC).

1. [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/forward-email/): B (86/100). Email forwarding and alias service for custom domains. Mail is forwarded in memory to existing mailboxes or webhooks, with optional OpenPGP encryption, and paid plans add SMTP sending and encrypted IMAP mailboxes.
2. [Addy](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/addy/): D (58/100). Open-source email alias service that forwards mail from unlimited aliases to real mailboxes, with optional OpenPGP encryption. Has a free plan and can be self-hosted.
3. [SimpleLogin](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/simplelogin/): D (58/100). Open-source email alias service run by Proton. Creates aliases that forward to real mailboxes and lets replies go out from the alias. Can also be self-hosted.
4. [Cloudflare Email Routing](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/cloudflare-email-routing/): D (48/100). Free Cloudflare service that forwards mail sent to addresses on a custom domain to existing inboxes or to Cloudflare Workers.
5. [Hide My Email](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/hide-my-email/): D (44/100). Apple iCloud+ feature that creates random email addresses which forward to a personal inbox. Also used by Sign in with Apple.
6. [DuckDuckGo Email Protection](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/duckduckgo-email-protection/): F (34/100). Free email alias service from DuckDuckGo that gives out @duck.com addresses and forwards mail to an existing inbox after removing email trackers.
7. [ImprovMX](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/improvmx/): F (34/100). Email forwarding service for custom domains, with aliases, catch-all addresses, forwarding rules and SMTP sending on paid plans.
8. [Firefox Private Relay](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/firefox-private-relay/): F (33/100). Email masking service from Mozilla that creates aliases and forwards mail to a real inbox. Works on the web and through a Firefox add-on.
9. [33mail](https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/33mail/): F (9/100). Email alias service that creates addresses on a personal 33mail.com subdomain or a custom domain and forwards mail to an existing inbox, with anonymous replies.

## Why use an email alias?

Aliases keep your real address private, show which site leaked or sold your address, and let you turn off an address without changing your inbox.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/email-alias/