Did you know the periods in your gmail address don't mean a thing? That's right, if you signed up as geek.sugar@gmail.com, you'd still get emails sent to geeksugar@gmail.com. You'll even get emails sent to g.e.e.k.s.u.g.a.r@gmail.com, for the wiseacres in your family. Ooh, and anything sent to "googlemail" instead of "gmail." Honestly, it's the little things that blow my mind (and btw, none of the above email addresses belong to us!).
More usefully, you can add a plus sign to the end of your address, and then you can set up folders in your email that coordinate with that. For instance, say you open an online account with WellsFargo. When you sign up, give your email address as "geeksugar+banking@gmail.com", then in Settings, set up a filter. In the From box, add in WellsFargo or your chosen bank, in the To box, put in your newly-created geeksugar+banking@gmail.com address, and the set the filter to put in a folder titled "banking." You can also use this technique when you sign up for something and send their emails to you directly to the trash!
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Very cool tips! I even sent them to the bf.
1Holy Crap - this is awesome!
2Good to know
3Wow, the whole +thing sounds awesome! I'm definitely using that in the future.
4what?! thats way sweet
5holy crap is right - this is awesome.
6sooo cool!!! thanks!!
7I've tried the + thing. Some sites that I was registering on wouldn't accept the + in the field.
It is an awesome idea though -- if you can get it to work. 
I have a friend
who uses this quite often.
8i knew about the period trick, but i didn't know about the folders tip. thanks!
9MIND = BLOWN
10Cool! Will make sure to try that...
11Dude ... that is so awesome! Thanks much!!!
12Thanks so much for the tips; I love my gmail account and am always looking for ways to make it even more great!
13The + thing should actually work on all mail servers- it's supposed to be a standard, though not all servers support it. It's pretty cool, but some sites don't accept emails with + in them which can put a damper on things. Still- very handy when it does.
14thats handy =D
15Thank you for the tips, very useful.
16what a great tip!! thanks
17It's actually not that cool. I never knew this...but it explains why I get emails for sarahmorrison. I wonder if she gets my sarah.morrison emails. I guess she probably does.
Dang...now I'm thinking of changing it.
18So helpful!!
19um, you sort of confused me with the + sign thing but the . thing is awesome. I never knew that. I almost want to go practice.
Do tell: does the meaningless . only apply to gmail or all providers?
20LOVE THE TIPS!
21wow! I'll definitely be trying out the '+' tricks!
22Very helpful thanks for the tip!
23great tips!
24I've linked to you..pretty new to blogging but this is great! Thanks
25This is great! Thanks for the tip!
26This was awesome. And helpful for me since I am a CIS major.
27pretty darn cool.
28Hmm, that should help me stay organized. Thanks!
29Smokin' this is something I need to do with mine.
30I use the plus sign to find out which sites sell my email (and possibly other) information. When I sign up I just use the email address: myaddress+suspicioussitename@gmail.com
Helps me find out which sites to stay clear of.
31Who does your spell checking/ word inventing? "Geniusly"?
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