Steps to hide your Gmail ID from Google+ strangers.

With Google's recent announcement that it has made Gmail ID public ,this new feature has integrated Google+ with Gmail that a user can send email to any person available on Google+ even without knowing the email address.

Taking the security concerns under consideration Google assured that users who did not wish to receive email messages from other people on Google+ could switch the settings so that they receive messages only from people they have added to their networks of friends or from no one at all. 

Here are the steps to change your settings through which you will be able hide your email ID from strangers:

• click on the Settings menu

• turn off the 'by default email via Google+ feature' under the General tab.

• select from options like 'Circles', 'Extended Circles' or 'No One' that you are comfortable with. 

• save the changes to switch back the old email receiving settings.

This feature would not do any harm like exposing your email ID unless you reply to that mail.User can simply opt-out of this feature with much trouble.

Source: Times of India