Comments on: 3 Awesome Gmail Tips You May Not Know About

By: paddeltje

paddeltje — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:57:35 +0000

@Abhijeet Mukherjee: No, you’re really mistaken here.
abc+def@gmail.com is defnitely not the same as abc+defg@gmail.com. You are right, they do both get into your inbox. The trick however is that you can filter on ‘def’ and you can filter on ‘defg’, so then you can label them automatically or even have them bypass your inbox.

This is not the case with the use of dots. namesurname@gmail.com is the exact same address as name.surname@gmail.com and they cannot be filtered separately.

By: Abhijeet Mukherjee

Abhijeet Mukherjee — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:20:20 +0000

@Gmail tricks – It’s the same. Test it on your own gmail address by sending mail to both the forms of your gmail id. Each time the mail will land in your own inbox.

By: Gmail tricks

Gmail tricks — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:13:31 +0000

abc+def@gmail.com is not the same as abc+defg@gmail.com .. fyi

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:01:32 +0000

name.id@gmail.com is not the same as name@gmail.com

However name+id@gmail.com *IS* the same as name@gmail.com. So you can give out a different email address to all your bills, social networks, etc and receive them in the same inbox.

– terry

By: MorganLighter

MorganLighter — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:21:18 +0000

Awesome – gmail is the way to go. Thanks Abhijeet!

By: Abhijeet Mukherjee

Abhijeet Mukherjee — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:47:06 +0000

Thanks Cristi and E.T for the heads up ! Updated the article.

By: E.T.Cook

E.T.Cook — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:13 +0000

abc is NOT the same as abc.def. Please fix the article.

By: Cristi Ghera

Cristi Ghera — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:18:05 +0000

Actually, I don’t think abc@gmail.com is the same as abc.def@gmail.com (at least not from what I tried), but abc@gmail.com is the same as a.b.c@gmail.com, a.bc@gmail.com ab.c@gmail.com, and even a…..bc@gmail.com (basically, you can add as many dots in your user name as you wish)