ViBiOh/uniqueGmail.js

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Clean a Gmail address to its real identifier

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uniqueGmail.js

email.trim().replace(/^(.*?)(?:\+.*?)?(@gmail\.com)$/gi, '$1$2').replace(/\.(?!com$)/g, '');

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ViBiOh commented Apr 29, 2016 •

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In its address, Gmail ignores dots and everything after the first plus sign. Mails sent to the "valid" address and those "disguised" will all go into the Inbox. Google allows you to generate personal addresses. This script removes everything superfluous to identify the unique address.

const email = 'jo.nh.doe+spam.randomwebsite+crappy@gmail.com';
email.trim().replace(/^(.*?)(?:\+.*?)?(@gmail\.com)$/gi, '$1$2').replace(/\.(?!com$)/g, '');
<- jonhdoe@gmail.com

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