Comments on: Reduce Spam by using alternative Google Mail Address ? http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:50:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Martijn http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-889178 Martijn Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:00:55 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-889178 As a professional voiceover I can't afford to mislabel incoming email as spam since my satisfied customers attach all kinds of messages to the voice over work they send me to be read out (such as commercials, corporate video and bilingual stuff since I'm a voiceover in Dutch and English). Did you know you can add the dot at any point in a gmail address? So why not j.ohndoe@gmail.com or jo.hn or whatever. Also, you can add a + after your username and add anything you like. Johndoe+amazon@gmail.com will help you set up a filter to detect any mail Amazon.com might have sent you, for instance about audiobooks. (Ofcourse, some sites won't allow you to register a name with a + it in, so use the dot-trick there.) As a professional voiceover I can’t afford to mislabel incoming email as spam since my satisfied customers attach all kinds of messages to the voice over work they send me to be read out (such as commercials, corporate video and bilingual stuff since I’m a voiceover in Dutch and English).

Did you know you can add the dot at any point in a gmail address? So why not j.ohndoe@gmail.com or jo.hn or whatever. Also, you can add a + after your username and add anything you like. Johndoe+amazon@gmail.com will help you set up a filter to detect any mail Amazon.com might have sent you, for instance about audiobooks. (Ofcourse, some sites won’t allow you to register a name with a + it in, so use the dot-trick there.)

]]> By: Dante http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268854 Dante Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:39:22 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268854 While I agree with Martin that spammers can easily and cheaply just program all the variable combinations to spam, I still think this is a mute point. The fact is, Gmail has a great filtering system. I rarely get spam that got through to my inbox in Gmail. And whenever a Gmail user got spam, he/she just reports it and the source is gone forever. Secondly, I also use Yahoo premium mail service. This lets me set up 50 seperate accounts in the following format: xxx-ghacks@yahoo.com xxx-microcenter@yahoo.com xxx-newegg@yahoo.com And while Yahoo has as good a filter as Gmail, this method does allow me to see which vendor sends out the spams. I've found Microcenter to be a particularly routine spammer based on the spam going to my Spam folder from xxx-microcenter@yahoo.com While I agree with Martin that spammers can easily and cheaply just program all the variable combinations to spam, I still think this is a mute point. The fact is, Gmail has a great filtering system. I rarely get spam that got through to my inbox in Gmail. And whenever a Gmail user got spam, he/she just reports it and the source is gone forever.

Secondly, I also use Yahoo premium mail service. This lets me set up 50 seperate accounts in the following format:

xxx-ghacks@yahoo.com
xxx-microcenter@yahoo.com
xxx-newegg@yahoo.com

And while Yahoo has as good a filter as Gmail, this method does allow me to see which vendor sends out the spams. I’ve found Microcenter to be a particularly routine spammer based on the spam going to my Spam folder from xxx-microcenter@yahoo.com

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268846 Martin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:27:57 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268846 What makes you think that spammers do not take that into account either ? I would send it to john.doe@gmail.com and to johndoe@gmail.com and to john.doe@googlegmail.com and to johndoe@googlegmail.com What makes you think that spammers do not take that into account either ?

I would send it to john.doe@gmail.com and to johndoe@gmail.com and to john.doe@googlegmail.com and to johndoe@googlegmail.com

]]> By: Anon http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268809 Anon Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:23:27 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268809 so use this method: If your gmail account is johndoe@gmail.com, register your mail as john.doe@gmail.com on sites you fear of spam then set up a filter for all mails sent to john.doe@gmail.com to be moved to spam yes, if your mail is johndoe then john.doe is also your mail gmail rocks sorry for the bad english, if any so use this method:
If your gmail account is johndoe@gmail.com, register your mail as john.doe@gmail.com on sites you fear of spam
then set up a filter for all mails sent to john.doe@gmail.com to be moved to spam
yes, if your mail is johndoe then john.doe is also your mail
gmail rocks

sorry for the bad english, if any

]]> By: Mosey http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268801 Mosey Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:59:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268801 Yes, I think this works - but only if you have two different email addresses (ie. not SAMETHING@gmail.com/SAMETHING@googlemail.com) I have two gmail accounts, and since gmail allows you to add one account to another - I *only* ever login to just one account, as I can receive the non-spam mail to my inbox from Account B, and can send out email using that particular address from Account A. Yes, I think this works – but only if you have two different email addresses (ie. not SAMETHING@gmail.com/SAMETHING@googlemail.com)

I have two gmail accounts, and since gmail allows you to add one account to another – I *only* ever login to just one account, as I can receive the non-spam mail to my inbox from Account B, and can send out email using that particular address from Account A.

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268763 Martin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:20:29 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268763 If I were a spammer I would automatically scan and rebuild those emails. If I were a spammer I would automatically scan and rebuild those emails.

]]> By: Qwfwq http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268761 Qwfwq Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:18:54 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268761 Very good point, and the same could be said for the username+etc trick. It could however be useful for filtering bacn. Very good point, and the same could be said for the username+etc trick. It could however be useful for filtering bacn.

]]> By: Thinker http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268756 Thinker Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:04:23 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/reduce-spam-by-using-alternative-google-mail-address/#comment-268756 Did you check it? Coz I think spamers wont really care about 0.001% of users using that trick.. Did you check it? Coz I think spamers wont really care about 0.001% of users using that trick..

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