FYI, this should work with any decent email program or service;it's been around for years. I used it for a bit in 1998. George(N3YSA)
-original message- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] new address From: S Sacco <nn4x.st...@gmail.com> Date: 06/16/2009 7:50 AM Sheldon, and others using Google's gmail. There's a semi-obscure, but rather cool feature in gmail that lets you create an unlimited number alternate e-mail addresses in the fly. All you do, when providing your gmail address, is to add "+" and then additional characters to your existing address. From there, you can manage incoming message with filters to automatically route the different incoming messages (or even automatically delete them). Example: "Joe Ham" signs up for a gmail account, and selects " wx1xxx.joe_...@gmail.com" as his new address. Joe Ham then goes to some random website, which is asking for his e-mail address. Joe can give them " wx1xxx.joe_ham+random_webs...@gmail.com<wx1xxx.joe_ham%2brandom_webs...@gmail.com>", and any e-mail from there will come to his wx1xxx.joe_...@gmail.com account, but with the address "wx1xxx.joe_...@gmail.com". Then, he visits another website, and gives THEM the address " wx1xxx.joe_ham+random_websi...@gmail.com<wx1xxx.joe_ham%2brandom_websi...@gmail.com>". If he gets too many e-mails addressed to "wx1...@joe_ham+random_website2", he can create a filter to automatically delete any incoming mail addressed to that address. Of course, spammers might be hip to this, too, and understand that they can remove the "+" and everything after it, and have a good address...but, still...it might be useful. 73, Steve NN4X On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Sheldon Howard <sheldonhow...@gmail.com>wrote: > Due to the large amount of spam received at this email address, ( > sheldonhow...@gmail.com) I will discontinue using this address > immediately. > I am requesting you, and a select number of other important correspondents, > to change your database, directory, address book etc., and send all future > email to: *dr*sheldonhow...@gmail.com <drsheldonhow...@gmail.com> > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
