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40 Gmail hints, hacks, and secrets

Most I have seen before, but these few stuck out as interesting:

35. Want to track where that spam list got your address from? Use this little known Gmail trick. Insert a ++ and @ symbols. For example - if your Gmail address is yourname@Gmail.com you could tell Amazon that it's yourname+amazon@Gmail.com. The mail will still be routed to you...

36. You can still use filters to capture mails sent to addresses containing the + symbol, enabling you to give different addresses to each of the online services you use, then filter them accordingly. For example, add a receipt label to all mail from PayPal.

37. Gmail ignores periods in email addresses too. So, if you signed up as bob.spod@Gmail.com - you can send mail to bobspod@Gmail.com or even b.o.b.s.p.o.d.g.o.d@Gmail.com and it will still go to the same address.

38. It doesn't matter whether mail is sent to you @Gmail.com or @googlemail.com - they both route to the same domain.

39. Send mail to other Gmail users without having to type @Gmail.com or @googlemail.com at all. Just type their username in the To: field.