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The + isn't completely helpful if the intent of using aliases is related to spam. All spammers know how these work and can figure out the main address by discar
by newscracker 5y ago
The + isn't completely helpful if the intent of using aliases is related to spam. All spammers know how these work and can figure out the main address by discarding the + and whatever comes after it. The dot has been somewhat of a problem to use where it seemed as if Gmail allowed other people to create the same address with dots (I don't recall the details since this was a long, long time ago).
- Fnoord 5y agoYou can opt to only ever use + and then put a lot of weight on spam score on anything not using the + (or using whitelisting without the +). It can also help when trying to figure out who leaked your data. Literally, data breaches have been found/exposed by a few heroes who used this feature.
- rovr138 5y agoOr unlimited aliases - service@example.com - anotherservice@example.com And they all land on the same inbox and you don’t have to worry about those services that still don’t allow +