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> I've gotten sensitive emails and account signups with different dots for years. Please, please give an example.. Also, read this.. https://support.google.

> I've gotten sensitive emails and account signups with different dots for years. Please, please give an example.. Also, read this.. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en#zippy=%2Cno-one-can-take-your-username%2Cno-one-sees-your-mail https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en#zippy=%... > if your email is johnsmith@gmail.com, you own all dotted versions of your address > 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. > Your account is still private and secure. Emails sent to any dotted version of your address will only go to you.

Bluecobra 3y ago
I’ve gotten emails from some other Gmail account, for example an Uber receipt. I found that by digging in the header that there was a “x-forwarded-to:” to me. My guess is that the original user accidentally configured a bad email forward.
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c0pium 3y ago
This happens to me all the time. There are two people, one in Massachusetts and one in Suffolk UK who have my same name and regularly put in FirstLast@gmail as opposed to the first.last@gmail that I use. The Massachusetts person does this because they forget that their gmail is the full version of “first” as opposed to the shorter version I use. The Brit is confusing gmail for hotmail. Yes really. Most people don’t care that much about computers. If it’s possible to screw up, someone will. Someone gets righteously indignant that this cannot happen in every thread about dots in gmail, despite the fact that there are many people it happens to. They’re not making it up, why would someone do that?
- InsomniacL 3y ago
  You own both FirstLast@gmail and first.last@gmail. Try send an email to both, and you should get both emails. They are likely making a typeo elsewhere in their email address which is causing the confusion. for example: Steve.foo@gmail.com stevenfoo@gmai.com Notice one is Steve and the other is Steven, the dot has nothing to do with it.
  - ethbr1 3y ago
    No one misunderstands that, as that's what parent said.
  - richardw 3y ago
    Please look at my example up thread. It’s the combination of mistakes amplified by the dots. The dots make it worse by far. I just searched for my name with no dots in my gmail. Man. It’s a dumpster fire. I have to put up with hundreds and hundred of wrong mails monthly because this feature amplifies the mistakes so much. And it adds to spam because other people type the wrong mails into forms and gmail “fixes” it by ignoring the lack of dots. It’s honestly infuriating. We know we own all versions. We get it. That’s what causes extra work for us and makes us like the product less. My experience would be significantly improved if I could have all the non canonical addresses bounce. I agree that I would also like nobody else to own one of the other dot versions but that’s also possible.
    - xigoi 3y ago
      > My experience would be significantly improved if I could have all the non canonical addresses bounce. I'm pretty sure you could set up a filter for that.
      - richardw 3y ago
        Yup, downside is people who have had others make mistakes, never see their mail.
    - InsomniacL 3y ago
      Can you please explain how the dots have any affect?
- nmeofthestate 3y ago
  >The Massachusetts person does this because they forget that their gmail is the full version of “first” as opposed to the shorter version I use. So they just get their email wrong, and it's nothing to do with dotted variants.

Bluecobra 3y ago

I’ve gotten emails from some other Gmail account, for example an Uber receipt. I found that by digging in the header that there was a “x-forwarded-to:” to me. My guess is that the original user accidentally configured a bad email forward.

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c0pium 3y ago

This happens to me all the time. There are two people, one in Massachusetts and one in Suffolk UK who have my same name and regularly put in FirstLast@gmail as opposed to the first.last@gmail that I use. The Massachusetts person does this because they forget that their gmail is the full version of “first” as opposed to the shorter version I use. The Brit is confusing gmail for hotmail. Yes really. Most people don’t care that much about computers. If it’s possible to screw up, someone will. Someone gets righteously indignant that this cannot happen in every thread about dots in gmail, despite the fact that there are many people it happens to. They’re not making it up, why would someone do that?

InsomniacL 3y ago
You own both FirstLast@gmail and first.last@gmail. Try send an email to both, and you should get both emails. They are likely making a typeo elsewhere in their email address which is causing the confusion. for example: Steve.foo@gmail.com stevenfoo@gmai.com Notice one is Steve and the other is Steven, the dot has nothing to do with it.
- ethbr1 3y ago
  No one misunderstands that, as that's what parent said.
- richardw 3y ago
  Please look at my example up thread. It’s the combination of mistakes amplified by the dots. The dots make it worse by far. I just searched for my name with no dots in my gmail. Man. It’s a dumpster fire. I have to put up with hundreds and hundred of wrong mails monthly because this feature amplifies the mistakes so much. And it adds to spam because other people type the wrong mails into forms and gmail “fixes” it by ignoring the lack of dots. It’s honestly infuriating. We know we own all versions. We get it. That’s what causes extra work for us and makes us like the product less. My experience would be significantly improved if I could have all the non canonical addresses bounce. I agree that I would also like nobody else to own one of the other dot versions but that’s also possible.
  - xigoi 3y ago
    > My experience would be significantly improved if I could have all the non canonical addresses bounce. I'm pretty sure you could set up a filter for that.
    - richardw 3y ago
      Yup, downside is people who have had others make mistakes, never see their mail.
  - InsomniacL 3y ago
    Can you please explain how the dots have any affect?
nmeofthestate 3y ago
>The Massachusetts person does this because they forget that their gmail is the full version of “first” as opposed to the shorter version I use. So they just get their email wrong, and it's nothing to do with dotted variants.