E-mail + Trick

What is the E-mail Plus Trick?

When you submit your email to a site for registration, you either:
1. submit an e-mail address which you hardly check, OR
2. submit your default e-mail addy and be scared of getting thousands of spam mails

Now there's another way. You can use your default e-mail address AND not be scared of spam anymore!

How do I use it?

We'll take an example address here: generationx@gmail.com.

Now remember, whenever you register, DO NOT enter generationx@gmail.com. Instead, enter generation+something@gmail.com. Keep it different for every site you register to.

Example:

For tamilzone, you could enter generation+tam@gmail.com.

For xyz, you could enter generation+xyz@gmail.com.

How does it work?

The e-mails will be delivered to generationx@gmail.com, but the "To:" field in your e-mail will be "generation+tam@gmail.com".

Now you can easily create rules for moving e-mails to a folder from the Inbox, or deleting them altogether. In the rule, just specify the "To:" field as "generation+tam@gmail.com".

Whom does it work with? (Limitations)

It works with ALL big e-mail providers.

However, some sites reject the '+' sign in the e-mail. Always be suspicious of such sites.

Also remember to keep the text after the '+' sign short. Some service providers (e.g. Gmail) don't like very long usernames. As a thumb (general) rule, make sure your userid and custom text, WITH the '+' sign, should not exceed 14 characters. So it isn't recommended to enter your email as "generation+tamilzone@gmail.com".