Once upon a time I had a Gmail account that I used for everything. Communication with family, subscribing to news services I never actually got round to reading, singing up to every single offer under the sun, reading dumb jokes, you name it, it was in there. Eventually I started a new one for personal communications and only used the original address for signing up for websites and wasting scammers times by making them jump through hoops for zero rewards (it's actually quite fun providing you take steps to protect your personal info). In the background it sits, still collecting spam, offers, news and god knows what else and it's been doing this for years. Occasionally like today, I like to go for a root around to see if it's caught any gold - here's what I learnt after a brief jaunt through the pile this morning..