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Seriously obscure feature of Gmail

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Probably the most boring post this month, but Gmail has a relatively unknown feature which could be useful.

With e-mail addresses Gmail appears to ignore a full-stop (period or whatever) in an email address (or at least the prefix), but allows all variations through.

Say your email address is: abcxyz@gmail.com

Looks like abc.xyz@gmail.com is treated the same as abcxyz@gmail.com or a.bcxyz@gmail.com

Therefore a crude but effective method of finding where your emails are coming from (without a string of different email addresses):

i.e. use a.bcxyz@gmail.com for your Listing Site (1)

and ab.cxyz@gmail.com for your Listing Site (2)

or maybe the same with all email addresses?

Anyway, I'll get my coat.

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Post by e-richard »

Boring maybe, but useful - yes.

Thanks MG, I have tested and it works, so will definitely go about using that ruse - until Google change it (fix it) of course :wink:
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Post by vrooje »

Good find, MG! That seems highly useful. Now just don't forget which e-mail address is associated with which inquiry source! :lol:
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Post by Giddy Goat »

:lol: Trust you to discover that, Mountie!
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Post by la vache! »

MG,
Excellent discovery! Do you know if it works with gmail via MS Outlook too?
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La Vache wrote:...Do you know if it works with gmail via MS Outlook too?
Yes it does. When you receive an email to my.name at gmail dot com, you can see my.name in Outlook, and I guess, but haven't tried yet, set up some rules to process that as well. :idea:
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He's an old clever-hooves, this MG! Simply awesome. See MG - people are riveted by your discovery! :D
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Post by Big Sis.. »

Hi Mountie..

Im sure thats a great idea :idea:
but having only just mastered opening a GMail account.[thanks again Susan]...I will not do anything that might confuse it...
Im hopefully using it abroad for the first time next week....after that the word will be my lobster :wink: :lol:
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