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None of the sample e-mail addresses contains "ebay", as in "example+ebay@gmail.com". I just thought that was interesting.
by CompuHacker 12y ago
None of the sample e-mail addresses contains "ebay", as in "example+ebay@gmail.com". I just thought that was interesting.
- jasonkostempski 12y agoDoes eBay even allow you to enter that? What benefit would that provide?
- TeMPOraL 12y agoexample+ebay@gmail.com and example@gmail.com point to the same GMail inbox; you can use the part after + sign to filter incoming mail. A quite useful feature, I must say.
- jack-r-abbit 12y agoI had no idea that feature existed! Nice.
- ptk 12y agoI love that feature as well, but I must say that I'm thwarted by faulty email address verification logic at least 75% of the time and end up resorting to my no-frills address.
- CompuHacker 12y agoIt's a feature of gmail to provide unique addresses. It might protect your other accounts that use your base e-mail address from an automated attack vs. the compromised data. It doesn't matter much if the database goes public, though.
- SoftwareMaven 12y agoIt doesn't cost you anything, and few things piss me off when I'm signing up for a service than when it won't let me use an RFC-valid email address because it has stupid validation in place.
- colinbartlett 12y agoWhy wouldn't they? I do this with almost every website as a way to segregate or block mail if needed. It's pretty eye opening to see what companies trade or sell your email addresses.
- jasonkostempski 12y agoI know what it does, I use it to categorize stuff I email to myself (+reading, +reference, etc.). I just don't see how it would help filtering against some who also knows what it does. Maybe they don't show up in the list because they stripped it out already.
- twistedpair 12y agoYou can still use the "add as many dots as you want" feature in gmail, even if they don't allow the plus sign. so.me.l.ongus.e.rname@gmail.com Someone should make a gmail plugin for decoding directives this way.