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"The '+' Email Trick: How to Track Spam and Filter Your Fitness Subscriptions"​

We’ve all been there. You sign up for a new gym membership, order a tub of protein from an online fitness store, or download a "free" workout PDF, and boom—two weeks later, your inbox is flooded with spam.

But what if you could track exactly who leaked or sold your email address? And better yet, what if you could automatically filter those emails without changing your inbox?

There is a dead-simple power-user feature built into Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud that you should start using today. It’s called Plus Addressing (or sub-addressing).

Here is how it works and how to set it up in 5 seconds.