Can you choose your own email prefix on Tmailor?
No. Prefixes are generated automatically.
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No, you cannot choose a custom email prefix on tmailor.com. All temporary email addresses are generated randomly and automatically by the system. This deliberate design protects users' privacy and prevents abuse or impersonation.
A custom prefix refers to the part of the email address before the @, such as yourname@domain.com. On tmailor.com, this portion is created using random characters and cannot be customized or renamed.
🔐 Why Randomized Prefixes?
The restriction on custom email prefixes helps:
- Prevent impersonation (e.g., fake paypal@ or admin@ addresses)
- Reduce spam and phishing risks
- Avoid username collisions
- Maintain high deliverability across all users
- Ensure fair access to inbox names
These measures are part of tmailor.com's core principles: security, simplicity, and anonymity.
📌 What If I Want Control Over the Email Prefix?
If you need to set your own email prefix (e.g., john@yourdomain.com), tmailor.com offers an advanced custom domain feature where:
- You bring your own domain
- Point the MX records to tmailor
- You can control the prefix (but only for your domain)
However, this feature only applies when using your own private domain, not the public domains provided by the system.
✅ Summary
- ❌ You cannot choose a custom prefix on default tmailor.com domains
- ✅ You can set custom prefixes only if using your own domain
- ✅ All default addresses are generated automatically to ensure anonymity

Marcus Lee writes Tmailor's step-by-step guides — signing up to apps and platforms with temp mail, using the mobile app and Telegram bot, custom domains, reusing addresses, and getting the most out of disposable email day to day.