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explicit use for the plus sign.

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+thatwebsite

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I use the “+” method all the time to send emails to mysel

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you can’t sign up for web-based services with a “+” in the email address

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it DOES work if you email someone

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create a filter for this you can select archive to have it skip the inbox.

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filtering using dots in the email address will work only if you’re using desktop email client (Mozilla ThunderBird, Microsoft Outlook, etc.

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you can use #1 in google’s webmail if you add a new account with this “user.na.me”:

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only real way to do this is to use your own domain and have all the email address for it forward to your real address

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you can embed random text to your email ID using ‘

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the plus operator works with pretty much *any* email

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Be very careful using this trick.

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In an adapted form, I’ve used your method for several years now. For every site where I need to register to make use of their services, I create a new address in the form of theirsitename@my.(sub.)domain. And from that domain everything is forwarded to my gmail address to take advantage of the spam- and mail-filtering options. Works miracles.

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sign up for gmail using yourdomain.com

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Yahoo has had #2 for years. They’re called disposable e-mail addresses, and they’re available to anyone with an account. I think they’re absolutely priceless, and I have personally created dozens of them. How they differ, though, is how you make them up. Instead of using your actual e-mail address, you create a fixed base name prefix different than your original e-mail address. Then you choose a variable suffix for each of your purposes.

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mailinator dot com

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use different variations of your Gmail and filter incoming mails by ’sent to’ address.

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Let’s say that your email address is ‘GeorgeBush@gmail.com’, basically everything sent to any of the following email addresses will be forwarded to your primary email.

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you can place as many dots as you want, it can be even something like ‘G.e.o.r.g.e.B.u.s.h@gmail.com’ and you’ll still get it on ‘GeorgeBush@gmail.com’

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you can embed random text to your email ID using ‘+’ sign. That is to say ‘GeorgeBush+anythingyouwant@gmail.com’ can be used as your email address, as well.

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never you want and even identify those websites that distribute your email address to spammers.

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GeorgeBush+thatwebsite@gmail.com). This way you can block your subscription whenever you want and even identify those websites that distribute your email address to spammers.

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