When I found gmail's plus addressing feature I thought the same thing. However, my results have been less than exciting.
I've been to a few sites where they do not recognize the + as a valid email character and the registration fails. Others strip out the + string and send it straight to my regular gmail account.
I still use + addressing whenever possible, it just isn't as beneficial as I had hoped.
It has a pretty extensive list of colleges and universities that have made the switch (and in some cases, switched back). I'm sure one or two would be willing to share their experience with you.
My school made the switch the year after I left. In talking with my advisor, she mentioned IM as a means of both cheating and distraction had become a pretty serious issue for profs.
Not to mention the contest form is slightly misleading. It says 'enter email address' without mentioning you are subscribing to the newegg newsletter, not simply entering the contenst.
That is fine, it is in the fine print and it's easy enough to block the newsletter after the fact. However, it adds to the appearance that this is more marketing than 'news'.
...or maybe he is like my mom. She doesn't waste money but just won't get rid of her old machines, dating back to the first one she bought ten years ago.
She's as far from a techie as one can get but has at least three at home.
I was given the "move or quit" ultimatum. I chose to quit and my final day was supposed to be the next day. Instead of locking my out, they extended my termination date by 2 months and kept me on to finish 2 projects and train a replacement and my severance kicked in after that. By then I had another job lined up so I was taking in two checks for 9 weeks.
Understandably my performance slumped in the last two months but I was never treated like I was going to steal secrets...nor did I.
My situation was a bit difference since they initiated the termination but still, once they knew I was quitting they didn't treat me like a threat.
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When I found gmail's plus addressing feature I thought the same thing. However, my results have been less than exciting.
I've been to a few sites where they do not recognize the + as a valid email character and the registration fails. Others strip out the + string and send it straight to my regular gmail account.
I still use + addressing whenever possible, it just isn't as beneficial as I had hoped.
I was looking into this last year and found this site.
http://www.wcmo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/browIt has a pretty extensive list of colleges and universities that have made the switch (and in some cases, switched back). I'm sure one or two would be willing to share their experience with you.
My school made the switch the year after I left. In talking with my advisor, she mentioned IM as a means of both cheating and distraction had become a pretty serious issue for profs.
Not to mention the contest form is slightly misleading. It says 'enter email address' without mentioning you are subscribing to the newegg newsletter, not simply entering the contenst. That is fine, it is in the fine print and it's easy enough to block the newsletter after the fact. However, it adds to the appearance that this is more marketing than 'news'.
...or maybe he is like my mom. She doesn't waste money but just won't get rid of her old machines, dating back to the first one she bought ten years ago. She's as far from a techie as one can get but has at least three at home.
I was given the "move or quit" ultimatum. I chose to quit and my final day was supposed to be the next day. Instead of locking my out, they extended my termination date by 2 months and kept me on to finish 2 projects and train a replacement and my severance kicked in after that. By then I had another job lined up so I was taking in two checks for 9 weeks.
Understandably my performance slumped in the last two months but I was never treated like I was going to steal secrets...nor did I.
My situation was a bit difference since they initiated the termination but still, once they knew I was quitting they didn't treat me like a threat.
I guess I can see why he may have expected more.