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This looks interesting. For now I've been using the + suffix on my G Suite account: name+alias@example.com. The only downside to this is the fact that some websites don't have proper email validation and say that this email address is invalid.

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Thanks, I wrote a blog post[1] recently about the benefits of using different aliases as opposed to plus-addresses and that was one of the issues I mentioned.

[1] https://anonaddy.com/blog/why-you-should-use-a-different-ema...

In addition to plus addressing (+stuff) you can insert periods anywhere on the LHS -- they are all you.

y.ou@gm yo.u@gm you@gm

See <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150>.

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