Using Gmail mailbox for multiple accounts

Did you have a case when you have to create multiple accounts for specific service (e.g. iTunesConnect, Twitter, etc)? During development / testing process you definitely need this and the problem here that you need new mailbox each time.

Another case which is more popular when you are developer/QA/PM of the web based project and you have to use different account on different environments (e.g. Dev/Staging/Production).

There are couple tricks available in Gmail that will make your life easier:

1) If you have address like myname@gmail.com you should know that you can also use dots within address before «@» and all emails will come to your email account! (examples are my.name@gmail.com, m.y.n.a.m.e@gmail.com, my.n.ame@gmail.com, etc).

2) The option above will allow you to create multiple accounts with different addresses however they are still limited. The shorter address you have — the lower limit will be. What is the solution in this case? You should use any additional word combination before «@» and add plus («+») before your actual name.

Example: your address is myname@gmail.com
You may also use myname+sometext@gmail.com, myname+testingweb@gmail.com, myname+prod1@gmail.com, etc

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