Gmail feature -- just thought to mention in case you do not know

Joe118 · 06-27-2009, 02:01 AM

OK so you got a gmail account, but you already used it to register for some site, so it won't let you again. What a hassle, now you need to create another gmail account just to register a second account...

NO YOU DON'T

You can simply use youremail+1@gmail.com, youremail+2@gmail.com, youremail+thedogatemyhomework@gmail.com, as many of these "derived" email addresses as you want. Any email sent to any of these will arrive in your inbox at youremail@gmail.com.

You can also do some clever tagging and rules with these. For example, if you want to identify sites that resell your email account, you can create a filter that tags any email sent to youremail+spamtrap@gmail.com with a tag. Now if you see that tag on email coming from other sites than the one that you used the email for, you know not just who shared your email but also who they shared it with.

Gmail is powerful. This is just scratching the surface of what's possible.

06-27-2009, 02:01 AM	#1
Joe118 Gold Nuggets Producer War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 740 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 143 Thanked 657 Times in 87 Posts	Gmail feature -- just thought to mention in case you do not know OK so you got a gmail account, but you already used it to register for some site, so it won't let you again. What a hassle, now you need to create another gmail account just to register a second account... NO YOU DON'T You can simply use youremail+1@gmail.com, youremail+2@gmail.com, youremail+thedogatemyhomework@gmail.com, as many of these "derived" email addresses as you want. Any email sent to any of these will arrive in your inbox at youremail@gmail.com. You can also do some clever tagging and rules with these. For example, if you want to identify sites that resell your email account, you can create a filter that tags any email sent to youremail+spamtrap@gmail.com with a tag. Now if you see that tag on email coming from other sites than the one that you used the email for, you know not just who shared your email but also who they shared it with. Gmail is powerful. This is just scratching the surface of what's possible.