I just read this on DIGG:
There is an easier way to find out who is selling your email address if you use GMail.
Some of you may remember this from a previous digg.
GMAIL accepts email addresses with a +soandso at the end of your username.
Here is how you make it work.
Lets say you sign up at Gamespot.com - Use the email address of yoursername+gamespot@gmail.com
When you get an email from Gamespot or the person that gamespot sold the address to you will see in the TO: field yoursername+gamespot@gmail.com.
If you get spam and it says yoursername+gamespot@gmail.com in the TO: feild than you know that Gamespot is the one that sold your address.
Oh, look at that!
Pretty neat!
That is neat. Wish I knew about this earlier. I'll have to go sign up for stuff.
Is it time to sing the i before e song yet?
Quote from: Gamplayerx on February 14, 2006, 09:15:35 PM
That is neat. Wish I knew about this earlier. I'll have to go sign up for stuff.
Is it time to sing the i before e song yet?
I had to read it twice to see that. Funny!
I cut it from somewhere, I didn't claim to proofread it.
most email systems support the +foo suffixes, for those non-gmail users.
i give out addresses with different suffixes for tracking, and to automatically flag messages or send them to another folder