When you choose a Gmail address, you actually get more than just “yourusername@gmail.com.” Here are two different ways you can modify your Gmail address and still get your mail:

• Append a plus (“+”) sign and any combination of words or numbers after your email address. For example, if your name was arullendran@gmail.com, you could send mail to arullendran+Gentlemen@gmail.com or arullendran+TheBoss@gmail.com.

• Insert one or several dots (“.”) anywhere in your email address. Gmail doesn’t recognize periods as characters in addresses — we just ignore them. For example, you could tell people your address was arullendran@gmail.com, arull.endran@gmail.com or arul.l.endran@gmail.com.