Friday, August 20, 2010

Gmail Aliases - How To Use..?


This is the follow up of my previous post.
So read it(Gmail Aliases - Virtual Email Address) before continue.,

You can use alias for Organizing your mails, prevent yourself from spammers and more. You can comfortably share your gmail address on websites, mailing lists and forums without worrying about spam.

First give your original email address without any plus or extra dots to your friends.

Organizing Your mails:

First create labels like personal, office, website, etc

Then use appropriate aliases as

> ihacc4u+personal@gmail.com for personal
> ihacc4u+office@gmail.com for official
> ihacc4u+website@gmail.com to register in websites

Now create an individual filter for each alias + label.

Creating filters

1. Open a mail(To be filtered) in inbox.
2. Click the drop-down menu next to Reply.

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      Gmail Aliases.
Select "Filter messages like this."
3. Select Filter messages like this.
4. Enter your filter criteria in the appropriate field(s).

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      Gmail Aliases.
Enter your filter criteria.
5. Click Next Step.

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      Gmail Aliases.
Apply the appropriate label and options.
6. Apply the appropriate label. You can also Delete them without reading, Or forward to another email and more.

Click here to know more about Gmail filter - how to create filter..?

Prevent Spammers:

Many websites ask for email addresses at the time of registration. If you suspect the website may spam your inbox, then use any Gmail alias instead of real email address. And filter it or delete it automatically using the above method...!

Note : Some website does not accept plus (+) symbol. So at that time you may use the dot alias and googlemail alias.

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