tog comments on Productivity poll: how frequently do you think you *should* check email? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tog 11 January 2015 10:42:29PM 4 points [-]

everything I sign up to can have a personalised email address e.g facebook@mydomain.com or massdrop@mydomain.com

You can also do this with GMail - if your address is bob@gmail.com, bob+anystring@gmail.com and bob+anystring2@gmail.com will reach you (ie you can put anything after +).

Comment author: aubrey 12 January 2015 11:26:40AM 0 points [-]

This is a useful tip. However, I find that many sites do not accept email addresses with + in them.

In the past I also found that I sometimes could not remember what I had added after the +, or even that I had put a +, so I could not sign in. Now I use a password manager so this part is no longer a problem for me.

Comment author: tog 12 January 2015 11:40:01AM 0 points [-]

True.

LastPass is a good password/login storer for people who want to try this out.