I really don’t want to make a Microsoft account but many job interviews are held on Teams. I see that there is a web client which I will definitely use instead of the unofficial Flatpak for Linux.

If I create a Microsoft account with one of my privacy friendly emails (custom domain), would Microsoft start to receive the emails that that account receives? If so, would you suggest that I make a burner Microsoft account for this specific use case?

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    1 year ago

    Why not use an e-mail relay service like Addy.io or SimpleLogin.io? Much better than creating new e-mail accounts all the time.

    But to answer your question. E-mails only get sent to wherever the MX records points to, so if your custom domain points to some e-mail service that is not Microsoft, Microsoft would never be able to intercept your e-mails.

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      1 year ago

      I have never used teams so I am thinking that the others may see your email and if they see if it is something random they could be turned off during the interview?

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        1 year ago

        Ah, so not see the “e-mails” but the “e-mail address”

        No idea about that. But the invitation to the Teams meeting must be sent somewhere?