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Pro tip: You can add a `+anything` to your gmail address, and it will still be sent to you (so e.g. `foo.bar+wsj@gmail.com`, when your email address is `foo.bar

Pro tip: You can add a `+anything` to your gmail address, and it will still be sent to you (so e.g. `foo.bar+wsj@gmail.com`, when your email address is `foo.bar@gmail.com`). Most websites don't know this and treat it as a different email address, too, if you ever need to sign up twice.

OJFord 3y ago
You can also use `.`s arbitrarily, so your 'foo.bar@gmail.com` is 'really' (you might say) `foobar@gmail.com` but also equivalently `f.o.o.b.a.r@gmail.com` and whatever else.
- mpawelski 3y ago
  isn't this gmail specific?
  - OJFord 3y ago
    Yes I believe so, which is the domain I used in examples and that the comment I replied to was about? While `+anything` is per RFC, it's not widely implemented either.
D-Coder 3y ago
GMail may understand this (it is a standard, I believe) but many sites reject a "+" in an email address. My ISP is panix.com, which allows me an unlimited number of addresses like "STORENAME@myemail.users.panix.com". This is almost always accepted by websites, works just like the "+" version, and only once has anyone ever been surprised by it. ("Is this a joke???" "No, etc.") Disclaimer: Just a happy customer.