[wplug] Gmail and spam?

[Daniel McQuay]

I concur with Jonathan in that some sites just don't allow the "+" gmail
trick.

@ Zack: is the spam going directly into you inbox?

On 12/13/06, Jonathan S. Billings <billings at negate.org> wrote:
>
> On 12/13/2006 08:31 AM, scoob8000 wrote:
> > Might be too late, but I really don't know.
>
> Cats out of the bag.  It is hard to get out of spammer's bag of email
> addresses.
>
> > It won't help you now, but I read an interesting tip in Maximum PC a few
> > issues ago.
> >
> > Whenever you sign up for something and use your gmail address, you can
> > add a tag.  Example:   " johndoe+somewebforum at gmail.com
> > <mailto:johndoe+somewebforum at gmail.com>"  Gmail will still deliver the
> > message to you, but now you can make filters based on the "To" address.
> > And you'll know exactly who is selling your address..   :)
> >
> > -Mike
>
> This is an excellent suggestion, but keep in mind that you often have to
> *post* with the same address as you're subscribed, which can make
> posting a bit more difficult for some mailing lists.
>
> Also, I've run into dozens of idiot web forms that don't allow '+' as a
> valid character in the user part of the email address (before the @).  I
> usually have to email the administrator, sometimes even point out RFCs.
>   The worst is when everything works fine until you try to unsubscribe
> and the form doesn't accept the +.
>
> --
> Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>
>
> We can defeat gravity.  The problem is the paperwork involved.
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