Email Address Generator by TriLinder
Generates unique email addresses based on the website hostname and the current time.
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About this extension
An add-on for generating unique email aliases for a domain with a catch-all email address set-up.
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The email addresses are generated in the following format:
Components:
Example of an email address:
The code for generating addresses can be found here (in the
READ THIS README ON GITHUB
The email addresses are generated in the following format:
<site-identifier>.<encoded-timestamp><format-version>@<email-domain>
Components:
- Site identifier:
- Derived from the hostname of the current site
- Dots are replaced with hyphens
- The
www.
prefix is removed - Example:
https://www.mail.google.com
→mail-google-com
- Encoded timestamp:
- Represents the time the email address was generated in seconds since May 1st, 2024 00:00 UTC
- The value is encoded into a string using this alphabet
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_
-
const ALPHABET = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_";
function encodeTimestamp(num) {
let encoded = "";
while (num > 0) {
encoded = ALPHABET[num % ALPHABET.length] + encoded;
num = Math.floor(num / ALPHABET.length);
}
return encoded;
}
function decodeTimestamp(encoded) {
let decoded = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < encoded.length; i++) {
let charIndex = ALPHABET.indexOf(encoded[i]);
decoded = decoded * ALPHABET.length + charIndex;
}
return decoded;
}
- Format version identifier:
- Current value:
a
- Subject to change in the future (allows future extensions to the format)
- Current value:
- Email domain:
- Your email domain
- Set in the extension's options page
Example of an email address:
mail-google-com.d2l8da@example.com
The code for generating addresses can be found here (in the
generate-address.js
file).Rate your experience
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This add-on needs to:
- Input data to the clipboard
- Access browser tabs
- Access your data for all websites
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- Version
- 1.1
- Size
- 12.98 KB
- Last updated
- 4 months ago (Jul 21, 2024)
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- License
- The MIT License
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