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.
Do you have a Gmail account and need a second or even a third? With a single account you have infinite gmail addresses. One way is to change the suffix gmail.com to googlemail.com, trick that we mentioned in more detail here.
The second is to use dots on the left side of the address, which also tricks you we had presented here.
Today we will tell you about the possibility you have with the plus symbol. Let's say the username in Gmail is iguru, which means you receive emails at the address [email protected]. You can after the first compound and before the @ (duck), put the plus sign (+) and then write whatever you want. Check out some email examples [email protected]:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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 e.g. [email protected] and whatever inbox comes to this email will be about the bank. Let this way you will find out to which other third parties the bank gives your details. Additionally, you can create filters to tell Gmail what to do with messages sent to that 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 occur if a site 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 the address [email protected] it could end up being the person who owns the address [email protected]
On the other hand, you should be aware of these features of Gmail as sly people could trick you using them. For example if you receive an email from the address [email protected] or the address [email protected] with a tempting offer you should immediately understand that it is a trap.
