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		arglebargle123 on Oct 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google has most of my email because it has all of ... Not defending big G here in the slightest but you can do that with Gmail aliases too: Someaddr+alias@gmail resolves to Someaddr@gmail.

400thecat on Oct 23, 2022 | [–]

OK, but if the point was to obfuscate your "precious" address and use some other "throwaway" address, then this does not work. Your email address can be easily deconstructed and used for spam

jasec57322 on Oct 23, 2022 | [–]

Most providers now block Gmail addresses containing . or +

danaris on Oct 23, 2022 | [–]

This has not been my experience.

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