Google Gmail is a very slick, free email product. One Gmail feature that you may not be aware of is that multiple Google email addresses can be created from one Gmail account. These bonus email
addresses are easy to create and manage and can take a few different forms. Having multiple Gmail addresses can provide a range of uses including easily separating personal and business email and tracking incoming email from specific subscriptions and mailing list. There are three main methods for expanding the number of usable Google email addresses that you can have from a single Gmail account: Using the “@googlemail.com” Domain
Name Using
a Dot or Period in the Email name Another interesting facet of Gmail addresses is what is sometimes referred to as “Dot Blindness”. In an interesting twist Gmail does not recognize dots, ”.”or periods as characters in Google email address user names. This means that Gmail “sees”
or as the same address as . You can also use multiple “dots” in the username such as . The same “dot blindness” also applies to email addresses using the @googlemail.com domain name with or my.na.me@googlemail.com being routed to the same Inbox as . Using the Plus Sign and
Additional Characters Test these out for yourself and see what works best for you. All the variations below are from the same Google email account and will all end up in the Gmail Inbox:
myname+ myname+ my.name+ my.name+ Benefits of Multiple Google Email Address from One Gmail Account So you say, “OK, these Google email address tips are interesting, but what would I use all these variations for”? One use is to track where mail is coming from. When you sign up for a newsletter subscription or mailing list you can create a specific email address by using the plus sign and some specific characters or “dot” pattern. You can then track incoming email based on the specific email name that you created. For example, you sign up for a subscription to a newsletter using my.name+ and then in addition to the newsletter you signed up for you start receiving email from a number of other different sources to that specific address. This could indicate that the specific mailing list might have been compromised or even sold. Another use of these address variations is for sorting out spam or unwanted email from a specific Google email address. By using Gmail filters you can automatically direct mail to a specific address, such as myname+ to the spam folder. Variations on your address can also be used to separate out personal and business messages and automatically identify each with a different label and sorted to a different folder. Simplified Google Email Address Management Having multiple Google email addresses is a useful tool for addressing a number of different email needs. The benefits of having a centralized email account that can easily process a number of different email addresses without having to go out and set up numerous new accounts with additional usernames and passwords can be a real plus. And they are all managed from a single Gmail account. Kind of reminds of the J.R.R. Tolkien verse: “One ring to Rule Them all, One Ring to find them.” Can I have multiple email addresses associated with an account?Yes, you can have multiple email addresses on a single Gmail account. You can customize messages sent to specific email addresses, subject line, and header image.
How do I create multiple email addresses in Gmail?Multiple Gmail Accounts One Inbox. Navigate to your "Accounts" settings.. Add the secondary Gmail account to the primary Gmail account.. Click the "Send Verification" button.. Navigate to the secondary account's "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" settings.. Add the primary account's email address to the "Forwarding" settings.. Can I create 100 Gmail Accounts?You are allowed to have as many accounts as you want, and Gmail make it easy to simultaneously sign in to multiple accounts. If you have more than one Google Account, you can sign in to multiple accounts at once.
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