GMail - I didn't know that.

OldBloke · October 19, 2008, 11:30:53 AM

QuoteBecause Google Mail doesn't recognise dots as characters within usernames, adding or removing dots from a Google Mail address won't change the actual destination address. Messages sent to yourusername@googlemail.com, your.username@googlemail.com and y.o.u.r.u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@googlemail.com are all delivered to your Inbox, and only yours.

What a good idea. My wife is always getting email for a 'same name, no dot' email address on BTOpenworld. Shame other providers didn't adopt this system.

delanvital · October 19, 2008, 11:35:21 AM

Yeah, really neat idea. IIRC Jamoe did a post about this a while back and how he used it to sort emails?

T-Bag · October 19, 2008, 02:28:04 PM

thats cool. I'm sure people can suggest names which when punctuated differently have hilariously different meanings.

GhostMjr · October 19, 2008, 06:42:46 PM

Google Mail also still has the capability of yourusername@gmail.com aswell as yourusername@googlemail.com

Rabbi Bob · October 19, 2008, 08:48:43 PM

Don't forget you can use

yourname+@gmail.com

So sending an email to "yourname+deadmenwalking@gmail.com" would make it to the inbox of "yourname@gmail.com". You can use this for tracking purposes when registering for online services and you'll know if you get spam mail from some other place where the email address was harvested from.

OldBloke · October 19, 2008, 10:24:12 PM

Quote from: Rabbi Bob;247878Don't forget you can use

yourname+@gmail.com

So sending an email to "yourname+deadmenwalking@gmail.com" would make it to the inbox of "yourname@gmail.com". You can use this for tracking purposes when registering for online services and you'll know if you get spam mail from some other place where the email address was harvested from.

Excellent. Cheers :thumb:

Bastet · October 20, 2008, 01:08:24 AM

Excellent, lots of good info.

GhostMjr · October 20, 2008, 01:59:20 PM

Quote from: Rabbi Bob;247878Don't forget you can use

yourname+@gmail.com

So sending an email to "yourname+deadmenwalking@gmail.com" would make it to the inbox of "yourname@gmail.com". You can use this for tracking purposes when registering for online services and you'll know if you get spam mail from some other place where the email address was harvested from.

Thanks Rabbi, I didn't know that one

Jabbs · October 20, 2008, 03:42:52 PM

All good stuff thanks peeps!

Jamoe · October 20, 2008, 05:15:11 PM

Quote from: delanvital;247852Yeah, really neat idea. IIRC Jamoe did a post about this a while back and how he used it to sort emails?

not me

, I did a post about how some scammer changed all the filters in my gmail account so I wouldn't find out about them nicking money from my paypal account, via ebay. :ranting2:

TeaLeaf · October 21, 2008, 01:46:18 PM

Quote from: Rabbi Bob;247878Don't forget you can use

yourname+@gmail.com

So sending an email to "yourname+deadmenwalking@gmail.com" would make it to the inbox of "yourname@gmail.com". You can use this for tracking purposes when registering for online services and you'll know if you get spam mail from some other place where the email address was harvested from.

Never knew this, an excellent piece of info, many thanks! :yahoo:

TL.