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Often, if you're giving your address to some site WeSendSpam.com, you can just add a label to your email address as such: youraddress+wesendspam@domain.com Wi
by pilgrim689 14y ago
Often, if you're giving your address to some site WeSendSpam.com, you can just add a label to your email address as such:
youraddress+wesendspam@domain.com
With some mail providers (GMail), the email goes to youraddress@domain.com, but the "to" field will be youraddress+wesendspam@domain.com. So, if ever WeSendSpam actually starts sending spam, you can just create a filter that dumps all emails sent to that label directly to the trash!
edit: just tested it with Hotmail, works too.
- gbrindisi 14y agoUnfortunately many sites refuse to recognize as valid a mail address with the character '+' in it.
- mooreds 14y agoYup, I have had that happen more than once with my company address ( that is hosted with google apps).
- Lockyy 14y agoGmail (I'm not sure about other providers) will send ex.am.ple@gmail.com and ex.ample@gmail.com to example@gmail.com. I use this to get around the various websites that do not accept the + character.
- beagle3 14y agoThis only works for "legitimate" spammers -- those who usually have a working unsubscribe link (which is often easier to use). Real spammers just drop the "+..." part and spam your main address.
- eli 14y agoI've also noticed a surprising number where the plus symbol actually breaks the unsubscribe link. (Thye failed to properly URL encode the plus sign, which is treated as a space by the server)