Gmail allows you to have multiple email addresses with a single account for free. In addition to separating with dots you can also use the plus.
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Do you have a Gmail account and need a second or even a third? With just one account, you have an infinite number of Gmail addresses. One way is to change the gmail.com suffix to googlemail.com, a trick we discussed in more detail here.
The second is to use dots on the left side of the address, which we also showed you here.
Today we will tell you about the possibility you have with the plus sign. Let's say your Gmail username is iguru, which means you receive emails at the address iguru@gmail.com. After the first compound and before the @ (at sign), you can put the plus sign (+) and then write whatever you want. Here are some examples of the iguru@gmail.com email:
iguru+news@gmail.com
iguru+banking@gmail.com
iguru+shop@gmail.com
iguru+dimitris@gmail.com
iguru+ignore@gmail.com
iguru+tria.paidia.voliotika@gmail.com
Messages sent to any of the above unique addresses will still end up in your Gmail inbox. But now it will be easier for you to organize your inbox. For example, you can filter incoming emails from the sender and add bulk tags to your inbox.
That is, you can give your bank the email address e.g. dimitris+banking@gmail.com and everything that comes to this email will be related to the bank. Let alone that way you will discover to which other third parties the bank gives your details. In addition, you can create filters to tell Gmail what to do with messages sent to this specific new address.
There is another advantage. You can use a single Gmail address to sign up for the same site multiple times. While some sites suppress such dividers in the name or simply do not allow non-alphanumeric characters, most of them will let it pass.
Problems can arise if a website decides to treat the separator as an invalid character, but doesn't warn you about it with an error message. In such cases, an email intended for you at iguru+vip@gmail.com could end up going to the person who owns the address iguruvip@gmail.com.
On the other hand, you should be aware of these Gmail features as scammers could use them to trick you. For example, if you receive an email from the address vip+winbank@gmail.com or the address win.bank.vip@gmail.com with a tempting offer, you should immediately understand that it is a trap.
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