tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post3983033856637112813..comments2023-10-22T06:15:30.760-04:00Comments on Boomer Musings: Just because I can, I guessDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-91340727863847659252011-08-22T12:52:25.552-04:002011-08-22T12:52:25.552-04:00Tom, OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Like Mon...Tom, OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Like Monk in that TV show. But I am mostly just disordered.<br /><br />Steven, that is a very handy tip. Much easier to do than keeping track of the sites and what email address I gave them.Douglas4517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-50879873942469888122011-08-22T10:39:30.725-04:002011-08-22T10:39:30.725-04:00One GMail-specific trick you might find handy is &...One GMail-specific trick you might find handy is "+".<br /><br />According to the RFC spec, + is a valid character for the username portion of email addresses. Not all sites' programmers know that, some will spit back an error that it's an invalid address.<br /><br />Gmail has a "feature" that anything after '+' is ignored. So you can sign up for different sites, using the same gmail address, but having a different value after the plus. So myemail+spammysite@gmail.com for spammysite, and myemail+whoknows@gmail.com for site 2, etc. They'll all come to you, but the To: field is retained. Using that method, you can filter (by to: address) into folders or trash or whatever, and you can see if a certain site sells or exposes your email address by seeing what addresses spams are sent to.<br /><br />anyway, a tip you may or may not find useful.Steven Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-50115860477755452862011-08-22T10:12:05.959-04:002011-08-22T10:12:05.959-04:00What does OCD mean? Overly Computer Developed? You...What does OCD mean? Overly Computer Developed? You have my sympathies! I myself suffer from the KISS disease, which is of course keep it simple stupid.Tom Sightingshttp://sightingsat60.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com