Multiple Gmail Email Addresses
Did you know…When you create a Gmail account, you actually get two email addresses - one is the regular @gmail.com while the second email address has @googlemail.com in the domain.
That means if your email address in Gmail is something like billgates@gmail.com, all email messages that are sent to billgates@googlemail.com will also be delivered to your own Gmail account. That’s two for the price of one.
Give the @googlemail.com address to your close contacts (put that in the visiting card) while keep the @gmail.com address for public (put it on your blog). Then set a Gmail filter such that all email messages with @googlemail.com in the header go a special folder so you will never miss important email from close friends.
(via Digital Inspiration)
Btw, another trick to lessen spam in your inbox is to do the following:
For example your email address is billgates@gmail.com. If you append a “plus” sign to your email username, gmail will ignore anything written between the + and @ sign.
So any email address sent to billgates+blablaspamcantgetme@gmail.com will still reach your billgates@gmail.com inbox.
You can use this for signing up to websites and newsletters and know which websites actually leak your email address to spammers ;)
