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Gmail: . dots + aliases & spam, been there done that…

Thursday, March 06, 2008
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Google's Gmail Blog have finally posted about the use of dots in Gmail addresses and appending a + symbol with other stuff for filtering and combating spam and evil marketing emails.

Been there, done that. I already posted (with my usual detailed but hopefully practical take, of course) on those productivity / trivia tips and tricks - as far back as 2005!

(Gmail is known as GoogleMail in the UK & Germany.)

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2 Comment(s):

So you can route name+anything@gmail.com to be deleted. They still have original by not using the plus sign and anything. i.e. name@gmail.com.

(By Anonymous Anonymous, at 09 March, 2008 16:03)  Edit Comment

Absolutely right Anon. As I mentioned in my original Gmail alias post, using aliases will only work with automated bots which just grab email addresses wholesale to spam them.

If a spammer comes up with a way to delete everything after the plus for Gmail addresses (not hard), then they can still spam us. Which is where Google's fab spam detection kicks in to help.

(By Blogger Improbulus, at 29 March, 2008 13:54)  Edit Comment

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