Sapphire580 t1_iubw3ba wrote
Reply to comment by BLParks12 in LPT: You can create unlimited Gmail accounts to avoid spam or to add filters. Just put a plus sign (+) after your email address but before the @-sign and then type anything you like there, and the email will still reach you. by The_nyonga
EG. If you sign up for a website that talks about widgets, and you use youremail+widgets@gmail.com then you start getting spam to that particular email, you’ll know the widget site sold your info. And any future emails you get after canceling those spam messages you’ll know came from people selling that email
Plan_nine t1_iucrbuq wrote
But what then? So you know who sold it (everyone), but how do you then stop that spam? Can you set a filter on the +widgets address?
Sapphire580 t1_iud23xf wrote
Honestly that I don’t know, what I use it for is I immediately stop using widget site to buy my widgets after I found out about their shady practices
witchyteajunkie t1_iuda85k wrote
Yes - you can set a filter to automatically delete anything to that address or direct it to a specific folder or send it to spam.
BLParks12 t1_iuc36q8 wrote
That makes perfect sense. Thank you for your explanation.
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