Mozilla lanza Firefox Relay Premium
Firefox Relay Premium, a subscription-based version of Firefox Relay, is now available in select countries.
Firefox Relay is an email forwarding service that I reviewed in 2020 when it was first released. It uses aliases that act as a proxy between a user’s email address and sites and services on the Internet. The main idea is to block spam using the alias email address and not the user’s email address for communication.
Instead of leaving the “real” email address on a site, for example when leaving a comment, signing up for a service, or purchasing something, a Firefox Relay user would use an email alias provided by the service for that. Firefox Release forwards emails to the user’s email address automatically.
The concept behind Firefox Relay is not new. Disposable email services have offered similar functionality for a long time. Some allow the creation of disposable email addresses, others support accounts and email forwarding like Firefox Relay.
The free version of Firefox Relay requires a Mozilla account. It allows users to create up to 5 email aliases, which are created randomly using the hostname * .relay.firefox.com.
Firefox Relay Premium
Firefox Relay Premium is a commercial version of Firefox Relay. Like most commercial versions of the services, it offers more functionality to the user.
The three main differences compared to the free version of Firefox Relay are:
- Unlimited aliases – Aliases are no longer limited, Firefox Relay Premium users can create as many aliases as they need.
- Custom email domains – Users have the option to create a subdomain alias in the form @ yourdomain.mozmail.com when they sign up for Firefox Relay Premium.
- Play forwarded emails – Firefox Relay Premium allows users to play emails using the Firefox Relay email address.
The launch price is $ 0.99, € 0.99, CHF 1.00. The service is available in the following regions at the time of writing: Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland).
Mozilla has not disclosed when and how much the subscription price will increase.
Closing words
The premium version of Firefox Relay adds much-needed features to the email forwarding service. It’s still limited, especially when it comes to using custom domains and other features, for example capturing all email addresses or support for larger email attachments.
A service like Simple Login is available for $ 20 for the first year currently, and $ 30 thereafter, and supports unlimited custom domains, which can be provided by the user, 5 subdomains, general domain, and support for PGP encryption. .
Mozilla needs to continually add more features to Firefox Relay Premium before it starts to increase the price of a subscription. Especially, it is necessary to remove the limitation of a custom domain, since services on the Internet could simply block the use of mozmail.com to interact with sites and services.
Now you– Do you use a disposable email service / email forwarding service?
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