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that cannot be true. I think you meant john+doe edit: wow. goodbye gmail "if your email is johnsmith@gmail.com, you own all dotted versions of your address:

that cannot be true. I think you meant john+doe edit: wow. goodbye gmail "if your email is johnsmith@gmail.com, you own all dotted versions of your address: john.smith@gmail.com jo.hn.sm.ith@gmail.com j.o.h.n.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.com" >johnsmith@gmail.com and j.o.h.n.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.com are the same address and go to one inbox https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150

matsemann 4y ago
No, it's true. Can place a dot anywhere and it arrives in the same inbox.
Aethylia 4y ago
It is true and it's not just gmail, dots before the @ are ignored.
- moonchild 4y ago
  It may be that some other specific email servers implement similar behaviour to gmail, but that is not true as a general rule.
l181 4y ago
Oh but that is true.. :) https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150
- vetinari 4y ago
  Well, maybe Google should check their own implementation, because interesting things happen when accounts for both version exist. I have an account with the dot, that was made in age, when Gmail was invite-only. Few years ago, someone created an account without the dot. Yes, I'm receiving their mail, and have no way to contact them, because everything I send out comes back to me.
  - matsemann 4y ago
    Most likely no account without the dot actually exists, it's just someone having written their email wrong at some places.
    - vetinari 4y ago
      Then that guy puts the wrong address consistently in places, where you want to receive the mail, from applications to education courses to paypal.
      - teddyh 4y ago
        Yes, people do that.
      - astura 4y ago
        Not only do people do this, it's actually extremely common, ask anyone with commonname@gmail.com. Someone here said their original email address has become unusable because it gets thousands of messages a day that are intended for other people. "That guy" might actually be multiple people all making the same mistake with your email address. My coworker told me there's a complete stranger who, every time she emails her son, accidentally sends the email to him first. This has been going on for years, she makes the same mistake every time, she doesn't learn her son's actual email address, and she doesn't learn to press "reply." I'm 100% sure the "non-dot-version" doesn't exist as a separate account.
        InitialLastName 4y ago
        AOL used to allow users to email other users without using the @aol.com extension. Back in those days I (prior to any capacity to negotiate a sensible ISP, for the record) had an email that matched a common subject line that was inundated by people who typed their subject in the To line and then wrote an email.

matsemann 4y ago

No, it's true. Can place a dot anywhere and it arrives in the same inbox.

Aethylia 4y ago

It is true and it's not just gmail, dots before the @ are ignored.

moonchild 4y ago
It may be that some other specific email servers implement similar behaviour to gmail, but that is not true as a general rule.

l181 4y ago

Oh but that is true.. :) https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150

vetinari 4y ago
Well, maybe Google should check their own implementation, because interesting things happen when accounts for both version exist. I have an account with the dot, that was made in age, when Gmail was invite-only. Few years ago, someone created an account without the dot. Yes, I'm receiving their mail, and have no way to contact them, because everything I send out comes back to me.
- matsemann 4y ago
  Most likely no account without the dot actually exists, it's just someone having written their email wrong at some places.
  - vetinari 4y ago
    Then that guy puts the wrong address consistently in places, where you want to receive the mail, from applications to education courses to paypal.
    - teddyh 4y ago
      Yes, people do that.
    - astura 4y ago
      Not only do people do this, it's actually extremely common, ask anyone with commonname@gmail.com. Someone here said their original email address has become unusable because it gets thousands of messages a day that are intended for other people. "That guy" might actually be multiple people all making the same mistake with your email address. My coworker told me there's a complete stranger who, every time she emails her son, accidentally sends the email to him first. This has been going on for years, she makes the same mistake every time, she doesn't learn her son's actual email address, and she doesn't learn to press "reply." I'm 100% sure the "non-dot-version" doesn't exist as a separate account.
      - InitialLastName 4y ago
        AOL used to allow users to email other users without using the @aol.com extension. Back in those days I (prior to any capacity to negotiate a sensible ISP, for the record) had an email that matched a common subject line that was inundated by people who typed their subject in the To line and then wrote an email.