[Osiris]

Recently I have started using goal-oriented email addresses, instead of descriptive ones. my reason for this is that I can create much more email addresses if one gets spammed and I increased my email organization, and my productivity by a whole lot.I used to always think that my name was the best mark for my email address. I stil think this is true, but there are a lot of cases where you don’t need people to know who you are. Not because you have something to hide, but because it’s unnecessary.
Here’s the method I use that enables me to keep track easily, know who is sending me what and why, and which email address I need to use and when, it will all become crystal clear, just you wait!


First of all, I recommend buying a domain name for yourself. My domain is hosted at Bluehost for $90, and after the first domain I get every new one for $10 and overall I am very happy with them. The idea is to have a domain that’s descriptive of you, or it can at least be related to you. Like you can relate any xy@hackyourday.com to this site. Then you need to create different emails for different functions, (ie.: onlineservices@hackyourday.com). You could use this email for all your online stuff like registrations, and so on. I could use tryout@hackyourday.com for example for all the web 2.0 apps I try out for you.
If you don’t want to, or don’t have the means to register a domain do not fret, we can work around that as well. You can use simple Gmail adresses as well. You need to create a main address, like hackyourday@gmail.com and then create the functions like so: reg.hackyourday@gmail.com for registration purposes. Remember the dot doesn’t really make a difference, it’s only meaningful as separation for you. If reghackyourday@gmail.com is registered it’s the same thing as reg.hackyourday@gmail.com
So why is this helpful when push indeed comes to shove? First of all, you can filter messages really easily, leaving a clean and organized inbox. You know that if an email gets sent to registration@yoursite.com then it’s not an important email from a fellow blogger, or anything like that.
Secondly, if you get a lot of spam you can simply change to registrations@yoursite.com and so on. This is immensely helpful to me and while I still use my name in communicating with people I tend to use functions in my email for many things now, even ones specific to a website, like youtube@hackyourday.com
Of course this is most productive if you have a main account, and all accounts are forwarded to that one, and you can also send from any of the accounts through the main account. If you buy a domain you can set this up in the email forwarders section, in Gmail you can do this in settings -> accounts.

Using goal oriented email addresses - www.Tech-Dump.com