I concur with Jonathan in that some sites just don't allow the "+" gmail trick.<br><br>@ Zack: is the spam going directly into you inbox?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/13/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Jonathan S. Billings</b> <<a href="mailto:billings@negate.org">billings@negate.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 12/13/2006 08:31 AM, scoob8000 wrote:<br>> Might be too late, but I really don't know.<br><br>Cats out of the bag. It is hard to get out of spammer's bag of email<br>addresses.<br><br>> It won't help you now, but I read an interesting tip in Maximum PC a few
<br>> issues ago.<br>><br>> Whenever you sign up for something and use your gmail address, you can<br>> add a tag. Example: " <a href="mailto:johndoe+somewebforum@gmail.com">johndoe+somewebforum@gmail.com
</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:johndoe+somewebforum@gmail.com">johndoe+somewebforum@gmail.com</a>>" Gmail will still deliver the<br>> message to you, but now you can make filters based on the "To" address.
<br>> And you'll know exactly who is selling your address.. :)<br>><br>> -Mike<br><br>This is an excellent suggestion, but keep in mind that you often have to<br>*post* with the same address as you're subscribed, which can make
<br>posting a bit more difficult for some mailing lists.<br><br>Also, I've run into dozens of idiot web forms that don't allow '+' as a<br>valid character in the user part of the email address (before the @). I<br>usually have to email the administrator, sometimes even point out RFCs.
<br> The worst is when everything works fine until you try to unsubscribe<br>and the form doesn't accept the +.<br><br>--<br>Jonathan Billings <<a href="mailto:billings@negate.org">billings@negate.org</a>><br><br>We can defeat gravity. The problem is the paperwork involved.
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