Gmail Productivity Tip
I must have been living under a rock to only have been shown a feature of Gmail that has been around for awhile. I am not even sure what the “feature” is called but I am going to totally start using it when signing up for sites that may potentially generate a lot of spam.
Essentially, if you Gmail address is first.last@gmail.com you can add a plus (+) after your alias and it will still make it to your account. For example, first.last+spamtest@gmail.com.
The email will still come to you as expected:
If the site starts spamming you with unwanted information, you can now create a filter within Gmail to handle those situations.
A co-worker pointed this out to me today and thought I would share in case others do not know it exists.
References:
http://www.askstudent.com/google/email-tips-and-tricks-using-google-gmail/
