Add a Search-able Alias to Your Gmail Address

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How-To: Add a Search-able Alias to Your Gmail Address

.Search-able Labels/Alias/Words.
Use a period "." after the plus "+" symbol to separate multiple labels.
EXAMPLE:

username+word1.word2.word3@gmail.com
or
username+anysite.anyalias.anylabel.anyword@gmail.com

If your Gmail username is "johndoe" (assumed to be fictitious), possible multiple labels could be "JAN, 2009, flex" and the email address would be written as:

johndoe+JAN.2009.flex@gmail.com

When searching your Gmail, each word after the plus "+" symbol is a distinct search-able word when separated by a period.


.Spam Deterrent.
When registering for an account at a website you can add the website name after the plus "+".

EXAMPLE:

Registering for an account at "www.anysite.com" (assumed to be fictitious) use the Gmail address "johndoe+anysite@gmail.com"; after adding a date label "JAN09", the address would be "johndoe+anysite.JAN09@gmail.com"

Since you will only use this address for your registration to "www.anysite.com" it is very easy to determine the source if you begin receiving Junk mail via the email address "johndoe+anysite.JAN09@gmail.com".

Side Note: Some site's don't allow plus "+" in the email address :-(


-Gmail Address Alias: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=12096

-Gmail Help Topics: http://mail.google.com/support/


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