Etacts Adds Contact Info, Social Networking, and Handy Statistics to Your Gmail Sidebar [Downloads]

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18 Mar 2010

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Michael

May 31st, 2010 at 6:30 am

While I don't know the exact answer, this might be a workaround. One of the hidden features of gmail is that you can create extended email addresses. So, if your email address is you can tag on a + and any other text and still get emails. For instance, you could make and (1) it would still be a valid email address, and (2) you'd still receive your emails at the primary address of

You don't have to do any setup to enable this feature of gmail. Just choose an extension and start sending emails to it.

Caveat: since Youtube is owned by Google, they may be wise to this trick and prevent it. Other sites I've used it on don't prevent it.

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