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My name is difficult to pronounce and is Arabic in origin, I am western in all other ways. I get the feeling that people avoid saying it because they are afraid of mispronouncing it, or when they read it they make a judgement about me.

Have you ever used a different name on job applications, or cold emails to avoid any sort of discrimination and get your foot in the door?

Feels disingenuous, but also how can someone with a name that people make judgements on get past the fact that discrimination exists.

I'm building a healthcare-related web service where users contact professionals via a form on profile pages. Privacy is really important, so I need an email service that doesn't store sent emails and removes them from the server once delivered.

I've been looking at services like Postmark and Resend, but they all store emails for a set period. Some (like Postmark) offer zero-retention, but require 6+ months of use and 10,000+ lifetime emails sent.

I'm just launching this as a personal project to help a few people, with no certainty of growth, and can't meet the requirements or additional costs.

Questions: Are there any zero-retention services for new, low-volume senders?

Has anyone dealt with a similar use case in healthcare? How did you resolve it?

Advice appreciated!

I'm located in Europe.

I've been working on a side project while unemployed. Someone I know, also between jobs, offered to help for free.

It could be awkward if the project eventually makes money. How do you handle people offering to work for free on projects when you can't pay them?