Firefox Relay - Email and Phone masks
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- Revision id: 283930
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- Creator: Michele Rodaro
- Comment: Added [[Mask your phone number with Relay Phone Masking]]; other minor edits
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- Reviewed by: AliceWyman
- Is approved? Yes
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What is an Email mask?
An email mask is a forwarding address that keeps your real email address private. All emails sent to your email mask are forwarded to your real email without revealing it. With Firefox Relay, you can create up to 5 email masks for use on various websites. These masks can be managed via the Relay dashboard, where you can choose which ones to receive forwarded emails from. This feature helps you maintain privacy, reduce spam, and keep your personal email secure.
Benefits of using an Email Mask
| Free features | Premium features |
|---|---|
| Create up to five email masks | Create an unlimited number of masks. |
| Disable email forwarding to stop receiving forwarded messages | Block promotional emails and receive most important emails only. |
| Register your own domain to conveniently create email masks on the go and use them without having a phone or a computer with you. |
What is a Phone Mask?
A phone mask is a premium feature that allows users to generate a unique phone number to use instead of their real number. This helps protect your privacy when you need to share a phone number online or with services you don't fully trust. All texts or calls will be forwarded to your real phone number without revealing it.
Benefits of using a Phone mask
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Text forwarding | When a text message is sent to your Relay phone mask, it will forward to your true phone. |
| Text replies/conversations | When you reply to a forwarded message from your Relay phone mask, Relay will forward your reply to the last number that texted you. |
| Call forwarding | When a call is made to your Relay phone mask, it will forward to your true phone. |
| Text & Call blocking | You can use your Relay phone dashboard to enable/disable your Relay phone mask. |