Comments on: My 2nd favorite Gmail tip http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help, debt help and other financial resources Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:30:02 -0600 hourly 1 By: Bob http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-17871 Bob Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:21:57 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/#comment-17871 Todd, I apologize that happened to you - what are the chances?! I obviously had no idea that email address even existed- but it is now changed, so hopefully no more spammers will find it... Todd, I apologize that happened to you – what are the chances?! I obviously had no idea that email address even existed- but it is now changed, so hopefully no more spammers will find it…

]]> By: Todd http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-17862 Todd Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:26:35 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/#comment-17862 Thanks for using my email address to illustrate this point. I registered that gmail address so as not to get spam, but now I get tons because of your blog post. Would you mind changing the examples used and unlink the email address in your comments? Can't you use something like example@ etc? Thanks! Thanks for using my email address to illustrate this point. I registered that gmail address so as not to get spam, but now I get tons because of your blog post.

Would you mind changing the examples used and unlink the email address in your comments? Can’t you use something like example@ etc?

Thanks!

]]> By: Scott Lovingood http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-16574 Scott Lovingood Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:48:54 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/#comment-16574 The period example also gives you the ability to FILTER the results too. Once you settle on an email you want to use that may get hit with spam, simply set up a filter for that email address. Since they don't know if your real address is i.hate.spam or ihate.spam it makes it much tougher for them to harvest email addresses. Plus all systems will accept the period while not all will accept the + key. You can also use this to organize your email newletter lists that you are on. For example I could sign up for a newsletter on my site http://www.askthewealthsquad.com/traffic (blatant plug for my site :) with ih.atespam AT gmail.com and set up a filter to automatically add it to a folder labelled Cool Stuff about Wealth and even skip the inbox. The power of this is pretty big if you sign up to a lot of newsletters or want a better way to segregate your email. The period example also gives you the ability to FILTER the results too. Once you settle on an email you want to use that may get hit with spam, simply set up a filter for that email address. Since they don’t know if your real address is i.hate.spam or ihate.spam it makes it much tougher for them to harvest email addresses.

Plus all systems will accept the period while not all will accept the + key. You can also use this to organize your email newletter lists that you are on.

For example I could sign up for a newsletter on my site http://www.askthewealthsquad.com/traffic (blatant plug for my site :) with ih.atespam AT gmail.com and set up a filter to automatically add it to a folder labelled Cool Stuff about Wealth and even skip the inbox.

The power of this is pretty big if you sign up to a lot of newsletters or want a better way to segregate your email.

]]> By: Chris M. http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-7241 Chris M. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:50:16 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/#comment-7241 Third Favorite Gmail Tip Gmail ignores periods in your email address. So, if your email address is i.hate.spam@gmail.com, you can receive emails sent to: i.hate.spam@gmail.com ihatespam@gmail.com i.h.a.tespam@gmail.com ihat.esp.am@gmail.com i.h.a.t.e.s.p.a.m@gmail.com Of course, this works in conjunction with the "+" tip you've already mentioned. Thanks for a great site! Third Favorite Gmail Tip

Gmail ignores periods in your email address. So, if your email address is i.hate.spam@gmail.com, you can receive emails sent to:

i.hate.spam@gmail.com
ihatespam@gmail.com
i.h.a.tespam@gmail.com
ihat.esp.am@gmail.com
i.h.a.t.e.s.p.a.m@gmail.com

Of course, this works in conjunction with the “+” tip you’ve already mentioned.

Thanks for a great site!

]]> By: bob http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 bob Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:07:29 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/#comment-3769 @Steve Well thanks for raining on my parade!! ;) Just kidding - thanks for sharing - it is good to know, especially now that it can be used with any email!! @Steve
Well thanks for raining on my parade!! ;) Just kidding – thanks for sharing – it is good to know, especially now that it can be used with any email!!

]]> By: Steve Parker http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-3768 Steve Parker Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:47:55 +0000 http://www.christianpf.com/my-2nd-favorite-gmail-tip/#comment-3768 This is true, and it's not a Gmail feature, it's a feature of email addresses. See RFC2821. The receiving host can do whatever it likes with the stuff to the left of the "@". If I was a spammer, and I harvested your "Ihatespam+foo@gmail.com" address, I could very easily convert that to "Ihatespam@gmail.com" and get my spam to your inbox. It's a useful feature for filtering, but it's by no means an anti-spam feature :-( This is true, and it’s not a Gmail feature, it’s a feature of email addresses. See RFC2821. The receiving host can do whatever it likes with the stuff to the left of the “@”.

If I was a spammer, and I harvested your “Ihatespam+foo@gmail.com” address, I could very easily convert that to “Ihatespam@gmail.com” and get my spam to your inbox.

It’s a useful feature for filtering, but it’s by no means an anti-spam feature :-(

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