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Old 02-27-2025, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FredMitchell View Post
In an email address, "using" typically refers to the "plus sign (+)" which allows you to create variations of your email address by adding a plus sign followed by any text before the "@" symbol, effectively creating unique aliases that still deliver emails to your main inbox; for example, if your email is "john.doe@email.com", you could use "john.doe+newsletter@email.com" to manage subscriptions separately.
Been using email since the wait list for Google accounts back in the 90s.

Never knew this.. What a great tip.

Back in the pre-spam/internet days I would sign up for a magazine subscription and use a different middle initial (like X)--It was interesting to see the other junk mail I received with that odd initial. Popular Mechanics sold their subscription list to EVERYBODY. LOL