Did you know the periods in your gmail address don’t mean a thing? That’s right, if you signed up as geek.dork@gmail.com, you’d still get emails sent to geekdork@gmail.com. You’ll even get emails sent to g.e.e.k.d.o.r.k@gmail.com, for the crazies in your family. Ooh, and anything sent to "googlemail" instead of "gmail." Honestly, it’s the little things that are fun (and btw, none of the above email addresses belong to me!). More usefully, you can add a plus sign to the end of your address, and then you can set up a folders in your email that coordinate with that. For instance, say you open an online account with USBank. When you sign up, give your email address as "geekdork+banking@gmail.com", then in Settings, set up a filter. In the From box, add in USBank or your chosen bank, in the To box, put in your newly-created geekdork+banking@gmail.com address, and the set the filter to put in a folder titled "banking." You can also use this technique when you sign up for something and send their emails to you directly to the trash!
Don’t worry about thanking me.
