In this video I’m walking through a simple, legal way to protect your inbox when you’re signing up for software trials—especially the ones that love to dump you into promotional mailing lists. I use DxO PhotoLab as the example because I shoot RAW photos for my church (weddings, baptisms, dedications, the lot), and I’ve been testing editors after upgrading my camera. I’m not interested in cracked software or dodgy licensing tricks—this is purely about email masking/forwarding so you can keep your real address private and stay in control of what hits your inbox. I show how I use email alias services like Firefox Relay, AdGuard Aliases, and even Proton’s “hide my email” feature to generate a fresh address for a trial signup. If a company starts spamming, I can just disable or delete the alias and the emails go nowhere. From the homelab side, I also explain why trials often fingerprint your machine (MAC address and other bits), so using a new VM in Proxmox/Hyper-V and regenerating a NIC can help you test cleanly—again, within terms. I also touch on performance: photo tools can hammer CPU/RAM, so GPU passthrough (or using a box with a real GPU) makes a big difference.