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Need Multiple EMail Addresses For Testing?

Many times when we're debugging software or testing new functionality, we need to use an email address to register, over and over. Well, rather than create multiple accounts over and over, you can just use Gmail.

Let's say your email address is:

james@gmail.com
(it's not because they require 6 letter minimum so this is a good example)

If you append a plus sign (+) after your username, but before the @, you can enter any number or combination of characters and you will still receive the email at your normal Gmail address. For example:

james+test@gmail.com
james+test1@gmail.com
james+test2@gmail.com
james+testOneMillion@gmail.com

All of these would be delivered to james@gmail.com and save you from having to create one million email addresses.



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hmmm nice! didn't know about it.

# Posted By Ed | 8/23/10 12:30 PM

Great discovery! I just used this now to test how emails from dummy users are displayed in the GMail web client without having to set up a load of new GMail accounts. Thank you!

# Posted By Gary Fenton | 8/23/10 8:52 PM

Great tip! Thank you.

# Posted By Thabita Blacksmith | 8/24/10 11:42 AM

Nice tip. And to make it nicer, I just verified that it works for google app domains as well; https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new.

Now it's time to ponder how else this could be advantageous.

Thanks

# Posted By jason olmsted | 9/7/10 4:22 PM

Exactly what I needed - Thanks for the info :-)

Michelle

# Posted By Michelle Scott | 10/7/11 5:40 PM

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