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Discussion on: Programmers should be good at email too. Here is my guide to leveling up your Gmail game.

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Bokkeman

A very useful feature for developers who have to test app sign-ups etc that require unique email addresses (or change their workflow if an email is re-used) is the ability to add email aliases that all route to the same inbox. E.g. if your email is peterf@gmail.com then you can add +anything to the name part e.g. peterf+myapptest1@gmail.com and still receive mail to peterf@gmail.com

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Daniel Del Rio

I used to use this extensively but use mailinator now. I just like the flow so much better.

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Peter Kim Frank

Yup, this is a great tip. I know that some folks have something like peter+confirm@gmail.com or peter+spam@gmail.com, and they set up different inbox / label rules. I use this all the time when I need to create multiple accounts at the same site, etc.