Create Unique Email Addresses for Signups

It amazes me how few people know about + addressing for emails and how useful they are. 🙈 What is + addressing? 🤔 Basically, you can add a + after the username part of your email address and then write any unique word you want afterwards and this will still be a valid email address you can receive on. 🤯 For example if your email address is joe.bloggs@company.com, you can also use joe.bloggs+LinkedIn@company.com as an email address. If anyone were to send an email to this address you would still receive it and you'll see the full email in the To: field. Why is this useful? 💡 1️⃣ If you're going to an Expo where you have to put in your email address so that everyone can scan your badge and spam you for months on end afterwards, you could use joe.bloggs+ExpoName@company.com. This way you'll still receive your registration information and you can keep the email working for a couple of weeks after the event so you get emails from people you want to hear from, then set up a rule to junk all future emails to that address. 2️⃣ Let's say you need to sign up for something that requires a unique email address but you've already used your work one. Create another just by adding a +word. 3️⃣ Additional security method. I've spoken a lot over the years about having unique passwords for every website you sign up to. This is because if a hacker steals your email address and password and you use the same password for multiple applications, you're at a big risk of being breached on other accounts. So if you also have unique usernames: joe.bloggs+Amazon joe.bloggs+PayPal etc Then it makes it even harder for hackers to break into your accounts. Plus, if an account email address is compromised and leaked, you'll know exactly where it was leaked from. This is also useful to work out whether companies are selling your data. Are you already using + addressing in your life and do you have other examples of how you're using them? Did you even know this was a thing? Let me know in the comments 👇🏻 #ithintsandtips #email #security #spam

Email addresses aren’t just a contact. They’re actually potential gateways, too. Your email address opens a door to your digital life. Once you share it, you’re opening up a door - not just to communication, but to unwanted attention, clutter, phishing - or even worse. Your email address is that crucial, so treat it with the security it deserves: ✍ Use a unique email address for each service you sign up for. Add the name of the website or company to it. This way, if leaked, you are aware and can address it. ✍ Make those addresses random, long, unguessable. Every company has a info@ email address. Guess what email address receives a lot of spam? ✍ Rotate them, and invalidate any that get misused.  ✍ Keep a personal email address that you only share with family and friends. Consider using email aliasing services. They’re often free, quick to set up, and allow you to create personalized addresses on the fly. This way, you can track who’s respecting your privacy, and who isn’t. As always, stay secure my friends! #EmailAliasing #Passwords #CyberSecurity

Gmail users, here's a handy trick to track how your email address is being used. If you provide your Gmail work address in organization and vendor forms, simply insert a "+" and a unique identifier (e.g., a vendor's name) before the "@" symbol. For example: first.last+vendorname@yourcompany.com Gmail will ignore the identifier, but it will let you track how a recipient uses and distributes your email address. For example, if you add "+calbar" when you sign up for a California Bar event, when you later see emails from other groups sent to that address, you'll know where they got it. You can also use Gmail filters to archive, label, or star any emails addressed to first.last+vendorname to help triage a crowded inbox. This feature has been around for years, but I find that many people don't know about it. Now you're in the know.