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> This problem would go away entirely if Gmail didn't do this No it wouldn't. The problem is that people believe they have addresses they don't. They don't hav
by scbrg 5y ago
> This problem would go away entirely if Gmail didn't do this
No it wouldn't. The problem is that people believe they have addresses they don't. They don't have firstmlast@gmail.com any more than they have firt.m.last@gmail.com.
I have a surname@ address, and I receive similar mails all the time. People just simply assume they have my email address. No dots involved.
https://xkcd.com/1279/ https://xkcd.com/1279/
- caymanjim 5y agoIt would go away for me because no one ever uses the real first.m.last address; all the misdirected mail is from people who think firstmlast is their email address.