Google's Gmail Blog have finally posted about the use of dots in Gmail addresses and appending a + symbol with other stuff for filtering and combating spam and evil marketing emails.
Been there, done that. I already posted (with my usual detailed but hopefully practical take, of course) on those productivity / trivia tips and tricks - as far back as 2005!
- use of . dot or dots in Gmail addresses
- use of + and Gmail aliases for filtering and organising your email, and fighting spam (basically using a Gmail + address as a disposable email address or DEA).
(Gmail is known as GoogleMail in the UK & Germany.)
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So you can route name+anything@gmail.com to be deleted. They still have original by not using the plus sign and anything. i.e. name@gmail.com.
Absolutely right Anon. As I mentioned in my original Gmail alias post, using aliases will only work with automated bots which just grab email addresses wholesale to spam them.
If a spammer comes up with a way to delete everything after the plus for Gmail addresses (not hard), then they can still spam us. Which is where Google's fab spam detection kicks in to help.
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