Key Facts

• Gmail completely ignores periods in the username portion of the email address, treating [email protected] and [email protected] as the same email address.
• The user previously created a new email account for free trials to keep their primary email, which is also their main work email, from being flooded with newsletters and promotional emails.
• Gmail also allows users to add a plus sign followed by any word or number after the username, and emails will still arrive in the primary inbox, allowing for custom aliases like [email protected].
• The user now uses the plus sign trick to create separate aliases for different service categories, such as streaming subscriptions, newsletters, and shopping websites, and sets up Gmail filters to automatically label emails sent to those addresses.
• The user recommends using this trick primarily to keep the inbox organized or separate different types of sign-ups, rather than to abuse free trials or repeatedly create accounts.