Have Fun Tweaking Your Gmail Email Address

I was perusing the Official Gmail Blog and found this gem of a tip: Google ignores periods and anything after a + in your email address, so you can use these characters to provide yourself with infinite custom email addresses that all route to your current account. Here's what they say:

• Append a plus ("+") sign and any combination of words or numbers after your email address. For example, if your name was hikingfan@gmail.com, you could send mail to hikingfan+friends@gmail.com or hikingfan+mailinglists@gmail.com.

• Insert one or several dots (".") anywhere in your email address. Gmail doesn't recognize periods as characters in addresses -- we just ignore them. For example, you could tell people your address was hikingfan@gmail.com, hiking.fan@gmail.com or hi.kin.g.fan@gmail.com.

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So, spammers, please send me a note at craig.froehle+i.hope.you.die@gmail.com ;-)