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by vedant_shety 1517 days ago
Life pro tip: xyz@gmail.com and xyz+abc@gmail.com are equivalent in the eyes of the mail server

All the emails to xyz+abc will be routed to xyz@gmail.com. This is because the server ignores everything after the +

I use the + to identify the website I provided my email to so if I was registering for facebook my email would be xyz+facebook@gmail.com

So far I’ve received the most spam from 2 companies an Indian startup called dunzo(5-10spam a day) and adobe

Ive tried to get my data deleted from their site but I guess it’s too late now