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> Your Gmail address is unique. If anyone tries to create a Gmail account with a dotted version of your username, they'll get an error saying the username is al
by aasasd 6y ago
> Your Gmail address is unique. If anyone tries to create a Gmail account with a dotted version of your username, they'll get an error saying the username is already taken.
Well then I'd like to know how someone keeps signing up for services with my address, even though I never click any confirmation links. The email used for signing up specifically differs from mine by a dot.
(Though I don't think I'll complain to Google, seeing as it's just a dedicated address for shady sites, it's free, and Google aren't known for answering complaints anyway.)
- mormegil 6y ago> Though I don't think I'll complain to Google Don't. Google has nothing to do with it. Complain to the services/companies sending e-mails to unconfirmed addresses. It is unfortunately fairly common.
- URSpider94 6y agoThe reason is because those services don't use an email confirmation process, either because they don't know better, or because they are email marketers who are happy to have every address that they can get and don't really care who gets their mail (the email equivalent of writing "OR CURRENT RESIDENT" on postal mail)