[stevenjchang]

okay i read something somewhere and now i cant find it

the article said that, if your address is stevenjchang@gmail.com, any address such as

stevenjchang.information@gmail.com
stevenjchang.justforfun@gmail.com
stevenjchang.freepromotion@gmail.com

will automatically go to my address, meaning you can add anything to you address, as long as it is separated with a (.)

EXCEPT, it wasn't a (.), and its not a (-) or (_)

so what is it, does anyone know?
can anyone validate this even works, or was this a really elaborate dream?
i cant seem to find it on any good tip sites, i thought i had saved the site but i cant find it

 

[Arainach]

The character you're looking for is "+".

If you have stevenjchang@gmail.com, you can use steven.jchang@gmail.com, steven.j.chang@gmail.com, etc. as well.

 

[Jon G.]

Easiest way to test it is to email yourself.

I can tell you none of those work, I just get a delivery failure message from the server.

^^That does work.

 

[Bob_McBob]

As Arainach said, the character is a + (plus sign). I use this technique now and then, but unfortunately a lot of registration pages don't accept + as a valid character in an e-mail address.

 

[Lazarus Short]

We care, because...?

 

[intoflatlines]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob_McBob /img/forum/go_quote.gif As Arainach said, the character is a + (plus sign). I use this technique now and then, but unfortunately a lot of registration pages don't accept + as a valid character in an e-mail address.

True.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazarus Short /img/forum/go_quote.gif We care, because...?

Some people use the "+" feature to try to track if certain mailing lists are giving their email address out to spammers.

Edit: some info about the dot thing - http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...&answer=10313#

 

[musicmind]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazarus Short /img/forum/go_quote.gif We care, because...?

You aren't easily fezinated it seems

 

[SiriuslyCold]

here too, about the "+" thing

 

[sbulack]

Yesss! gmail Jedi Master am I!
For 800 YEARS have I been training gmail Jedi!
There IS no try!
email or email not!

 

[jjhatfield]

Actually I really appreciate this thread. For a couple years now I've regretted using so many periods in my email address. I just tested it sans periods, and it sends the mail just fine. Now it will be much easier to verbally tell people my email.