Well, not exactly. That would only work if your address was registered as foobar@gmail.com but not if it was registered as foo@gmail.com. Essentially, periods d

Well, not exactly. That would only work if your address was registered as foobar@gmail.com but not if it was registered as foo@gmail.com. Essentially, periods don't matter in gmail addresses. Adding a . in between any of the characters (or removing, if you registered the account to have .'s included) will still go to the same email address. But you can't add .anystring to your address and still receive the message as you can with +anystring. This always blows the mind of the average gmail user who thinks they registered first.last@gmail.com when they find out that firstlast@gmail.com also works.