The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhy does my treadmill want my email address?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square325fedilinkarrow-up12.02Karrow-down133
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minus-squarepoejreed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoFyi, this can be done with Gmail as well. Just add a plus sign at the end of your email. I.e. your_email+target @ Gmail.com
minus-squarePM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 months agoExcept most companies have wised up to this, and automatically scrub anything after the +. Because why wouldn’t they?
minus-squareemeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoYou can also do this with dots in various places in your email with gmail. Not as descriptive as the plus sign thing but still can be useful as you can create different filters based on the location of the dots.
Fyi, this can be done with Gmail as well. Just add a plus sign at the end of your email. I.e. your_email+target @ Gmail.com
Except most companies have wised up to this, and automatically scrub anything after the +. Because why wouldn’t they?
You can also do this with dots in various places in your email with gmail. Not as descriptive as the plus sign thing but still can be useful as you can create different filters based on the location of the dots.