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Hide information in your email address

You can use an address like this: 
    real+tag@mycompany.com
the mail will still be delivered to 
    real@mycompany.com
but the presence of the -tag will tell where your address is coming from!

For example, when posting to Usenet, you can use 

    real+usenet@mycompany.com
and if you receive SPAM using that address, you can be sure that the SPAMMER got your address by parsing Usenet postings!
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