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Periods on the LHS of the email address (left of the @) should be ignored, according to the appropriate RFC document, whose number I can't recall right now.
No, it's not in any standard, it's just something google (and maybe a few others) do.
If you try it with any other email provider and there's no guarantee that it will go to the same address.
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You can also add “+spam” or similar after a gmail address and before the @ to create a unique email address that you can put a rule on or send to spam
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They are all the same.
Periods on the LHS of the email address (left of the @) should be ignored, according to the appropriate RFC document, whose number I can't recall right now.