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Is that just for you? Or in general for anyone?

• ivanhoe 7y ago
  For everyone, that's on purpose. Also xy+anything@gmail.com will go to xy@gmail.com inbox (with anything label added)...
• deleted 7y ago
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• will0 7y ago
  Gmail ignores periods in emails. It also ignores everything after the +. So if your email is bob@gmail.com you can also use: b.ob@gmail.com, b.o.b@gmail.com, bob+alice@gmail.com, You can use the second one to do filtering. I.e. use a different +{filter} for bills, entertainment etc. bob+bills@gmail.com for bills. bob+spam@gmail.com for sites you know will spam you etc. then setup mail rules to filter based on the +
  • azthecx 7y ago
    What if my email IS a.bob.mail@gmail.com, if someone registers abobmail@gmail.com are they getting my emails?
    • MrOxiMoron 7y ago
      no, Gmail does check for that during registration. But you could use those two different email addresses to create two separate accounts somewhere else.
    • stef25 7y ago
      There's a slight chance the gmail developers would have thought of that scenario.
  • osrec 7y ago
    I knew about the + sign, but not about the period. Thanks for that - will come in handy!