And yes, it’s free (and really easy to do)!
Add a period between any of the characters but before the @ sign.
Here are some examples:
Alternatively, include a plus sign in your email address.
How Do These Aliases Work?
It treats each of those examples above as the exact same address.
How is that useful to you?
There are two reasons: flexibility and management.
This Gmail address trick lets you make multiple accounts on the same website.
And then you’d need to monitor all your new email accounts.
Pretty smart, huh?
Another reason to do this is for email management.
Let’s say you’ve created example+dating@gmail.com.
For example, suppose you own two email addresses, john@gmail.com and johnPRO@gmail.com.
Maybe John’s account is your personal email and John PRO is for your work.
To do this,open Gmail’s Accounts and Import settingsto theSend mail assection and complete the on-screen steps.
We have a guide onhow to send mail from a different account in Gmailthat details the whole process.
Sign in to your Google Admin console and selectMenu>Directory>Groups.
grab the name of the group you want to make an alias for, then selectAliasesunder Group Information.
In the Aliases section selectEdit, then bang out in a new alias address under Group Alias Email.
SelectAdd Aliaswhen you’re finished.
