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Create Email Aliases (disposable emails)
If you're worried about spam in your precious gmail account, then you might want to consider making aliases to use when you're not sure whether you're signing up for something safe or not. You can put anything after the + and all email sent will still go to your gmail account.



This is very easy to do! All you have to do is give out the email address username+insertanythingyouwanthere@gmail.com whenever you sign up for something on the internet that you think may not be safe. In the event that you did give your email to a spammer, don't worry! Just create a filter, and make everything that is sent to username+whateveryouputhere@gmail.com go to the trash. That way, the spam that you might get will automatically be deleted!