Dealing with spam in Gmail

I just came across this site with a helpful tip for dealing with Spam in gmail.

Say your email address is ZZZZZZZ@gmail.com, and you're signing up for something on the ProductX website. They ask for your email, but you're afraid they're going to spam you to death.

Well, gmail allows you to give "aliases" as your email. Just enter your email as ZZZZZZZ+ProductX@gmail.com. Or ZZZZZZZ+Pepsi@gmail.com, ZZZZZZZ+Coke@gmail.com, whatever you want to put after the + is fine.

The next step is to "Create a filter." In the "to" line put "ZZZZZZZ+ProductX@gmail.com." If you are certain that you won't get any email from ProdcutX that you will ever want, click the box that says "delete it," then click "Create filter," and you're done!

If you think you actually will get email you need sent to that address but don't want to see it everytime they send something to you, instead of deleting it, you can click "skip the inbox" and it will go to your archives. You can also use "apply the label," give it the label "ProductX," and later you can search for email with the label "ProductX."

Enjoy!