Most of us know we can use periods to create multiple Gmail addressing scenarios. For instance, you.are.not.eb@gmail.com is the same as youarenoteb@gmail.com. <\/span><\/p>\n And my.grammar.is.not.as.bad.as.you.think@gmail.com is the same as<\/span><\/p>\n mygrammarisnot.as.bad.as.you.think@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n and also, the same as\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n mygrammarisnotasbadasyouthink@gmail.com <\/span><\/p>\n Or, if you dare,\u00a0<\/span>I.dodge.darcys.email@gmail.com is the same as<\/span><\/p>\n idodgedarcysemail@gmail.com.<\/span><\/p>\n One important rule though – you can’t use a period directly before the @ sign in your email address. That is a no-no!<\/span><\/p>\n However, do not try the above with Outlook.com accounts or you\u2019ll be sorry because you won\u2019t get mail addressed to you that way and you\u2019ll be wasting time thinking of clever email addresses. If you want to be clever with periods (or dots) then you need Gmail. And if you hurry, you might still find that eb.rides.a.broom@gmail.com is still available!<\/span><\/p>\n You can plus your way to additional email accounts with Gmail and Outlook.com using a plus sign. So if you are writing the CIA (I don\u2019t advise it) you can use YourUserName+CIA@gmail.com. For example AbrahamTuwitze+CIA@gmail.com or AbrahamTuwitze+CIA@outlook.com. See? This gives you zillions of new email addresses and yet only having one.<\/span><\/p>\n Think of the possibilities:<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+Electric_company_complaint@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+Cable_Company_Stinks@outlook.com<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+Love_Cloudeight@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+Love_Cloudeight@outlook.com<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+General-Martins-Guns@outlook.com<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+General-Martins-Guns@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n Got it? Use your imagination, just remember the first thing in your email address (before the + ) must be your real address.<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze@gmail.com <\/span><\/p>\n See? So Abraham can put anything after AbrahamTuwitze+ as long as the words are connected with dashes \u2014 or underscores ____ or periods.\u00a0 For example, AbrahamTuwitze+I-Love-the-CIA@outlook.com is the same as AbrahamTuwitze@outlook.com.\u00a0 Whatever you put after the + is up to you, but anyone can figure out your real email address because it\u2019s what comes before the + (plus sign) that counts. \u00a0See?<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+EB.Rides.A.Broom@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n AbrahamTuwitze+EB.Rides.A.Broom@outlook.com<\/span><\/p>\n And so that should give you all kinds of ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n Another good reason to use + (Plus) after your email user name, is to see where your spam is coming from. <\/span><\/p>\n Let’s say you want to sign up for Fred’s Great Onion Recipes email newsletter and your name is Lucy Jupiter. You can use the PLUS sign + to sign up to Fred’s mail list with your lucy-jupiter@gmail.com or outlook.com address using plus addressing this way:<\/span><\/p>\n lucy-jupiter+Freds-Mail-List@gmail.com <\/span><\/p>\n or <\/span><\/p>\n lucy-jupiter+Freds-Mail-List@outlookcom. <\/span><\/p>\n Now assuming you don’t use that PLUS address for anything else, if you start getting an avalanche of spam coming to your lucy-jupiter+Freds-Mail-List@gmail.com or outlook.com address, you can be pretty sure that old Fred is abusing your email address.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n PS: In case you\u2019re wondering about my casual use of capital and lowercase letters, let me remind you that:<\/span><\/p>\n eMaiLaDdresseSaReNotCASeSenSitiVE@I-tells-ya.com<\/span><\/p>\n PPS: If your name is Abraham Tuwitze and you get a lot of junk mail because of this, we\u2019re sorry. If you send a large donation we\u2019ll take your name down \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Plus Side of Having a Gmail or Outlook account. Period. Most of us know we can use periods to create multiple Gmail addressing scenarios. For instance, you.are.not.eb@gmail.com is the same as youarenoteb@gmail.com. And my.grammar.is.not.as.bad.as.you.think@gmail.com is the same as mygrammarisnot.as.bad.as.you.think@gmail.com and also, the same as\u00a0 mygrammarisnotasbadasyouthink@gmail.com Or, if you dare,\u00a0I.dodge.darcys.email@gmail.com is the same as idodgedarcysemail@gmail.com. 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Period.<\/span><\/h2>\n
This is for Gmail + Outlook users<\/span><\/h2>\n
Another good reason to use PLUS + addressing<\/span><\/h2>\n
A couple more things<\/span><\/h2>\n