unicorn generates email random email alias address for self hosted https://mailinabox.email/ servers. The motivation behind this is to have privacy for all the email addresses that we give out.

The server settings are in settings.yaml.

---
domain: box.email.xyz
username: user@email.xyz
emaildomain : email.xyz

The password is retrieved from the OSX keychain and it is not stored in the config file as it posses a big vulnerability. The assumption is that the keychain has password for the username in the settings.yaml.

This will generate a random email alias based on the settings 87AA8A3D4385348FCDB63FE9617A22E4@email.xyz mapping a forward to the original email address which is also in the settings.yaml.

https://github.com/naveensrinivasan/unicorn/releases