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The Dot, Plus, and Googlemail Gmail Hacks
Here are some neat things I’ve found recently. They might not be new, but I think I need to jot them down here so I won’t forget these tips. They could be helpful for fighting or tracing spam.
The Dot
Apparently, Gmail does not recognize the dot (or capitalization either) in gmail addresses. So yourusername@gmail.com is the same as your.user.name@gmail.com and all the different combinations are sent to your inbox.
The Plus
Did you know you have an unlimited amount of aliases with Gmail? You can receive messages that are sent to your.username+any.thing.you.want@gmail.com. For example, if you forced to register online, you can use Your.user.name+some.spammy.site@gmail.com. If you start getting spam, you ‘ll know who gave your address away and you can probably then set up a filter to automatically direct those messages to, oh, say, THE TRASH.
Googlemail.com=gmail.com
Of course, I don’t want to forget that yourusername@gmail.com is also the same as yourusername@googlemail.com. Mail from either address goes to your inbox. This is probably because they can’t use gmail.com in Europe. Just a reminder though, you’ll need to login with the original address you signed up with and some websites won’t accept symbols as valid email addresses. Still, I think these are pretty neat tricks.
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about 2 years ago
yea! thanks for posting this!
about 2 years ago
Sweetness! Didn’t know about the @googlemail.com hack. Yipee, now I have yet another alias!
about 1 year ago
I am not leaving my real email address (spammers), but rest assured it has a dot in it, and someone else has the email address just like mine but with out a dot. Most of the time since my email account was created first their email gets routed to me. It sucks!