Yeah that’s right. For a whopping one time purchase of 250$, you get a lifetime license for a @linux.com domain as an email alias/forwarding only. You cannot send emails from this. You can contact support to check if the alias you want is available too.
Imagine this on your CV. It is the ultimate flex.
Properly set up, it’s more than a vanity project - it’s an eternal email address.
Because, properly set up, you can also send mail from that address (or at least that’s how it appears to recipients).
Another email provider fucks you over? NP, just point your redirecting address somewhere else.
As someone who’s been using a similar service for over a decade, the end user and both providers need to set the thing up properly. Thankfully mine is dedicated.
So,
you should check with linux.com (?) how serious they are about it(edit: according to the screenshot above, not very), if you want to use this seriously.I do this with @duck.com except it’s free, strips trackers where possible, and supports generating any number of alias addresses that can be disabled. For those who don’t want to spend $250 but still want forwarding security