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...or is it possible someone just sent you these emails as a mistake? I doubt someone is actually sending bulk emails from a comcast account.

reginaldo 14y ago
Yes, that's what I came here to post... That actually happens sometimes. Someone used my email when registering for an online store, and now I get mail receipts for everything he buys. The thing is there's no way I can contact him. I tried contacting the store, but they didn't do anything about it either, so I just created a mail filter and got on with life. I guess the real lesson in my case is: always validate your user's email address by sending it a confirmation link (by t he way, I think people using giant regexps to validate mail are missing the point). I see the point in letting the user log in right away (as soon as an email address and password are provided), but I think there still should be a confirmation email and the system should not send any email to unconfirmed addresses.
- jrockway 14y ago
  I would just reset "your" password, log in, and cancel the account. Problem solved.
  - wl 14y ago
    That's what I usually do. I have a first initial + last name @ gmail.com account and tons of people sign up for accounts using my email address. Unfortunately, doing a password reset on for a bank account, cellular account, or the like is usually impossible without an account number or something else. As it should be, but it's really important that people use closed-loop sign-ins and allow people to remove their email addresses from accounts without logging in.
    - bigiain 14y ago
      Must be a trial, going through life named "Norbert Ospam"… ;-)
- meej 14y ago
  Yes, this. Every person I know who has a reasonably common gmail address gets mail intended for others. For some of them it's often enough that they've created canned responses to deal with them. It's somewhat astounding how many people out there apparently do not know their own email addresses.

reginaldo 14y ago

Yes, that's what I came here to post... That actually happens sometimes. Someone used my email when registering for an online store, and now I get mail receipts for everything he buys. The thing is there's no way I can contact him. I tried contacting the store, but they didn't do anything about it either, so I just created a mail filter and got on with life. I guess the real lesson in my case is: always validate your user's email address by sending it a confirmation link (by t he way, I think people using giant regexps to validate mail are missing the point). I see the point in letting the user log in right away (as soon as an email address and password are provided), but I think there still should be a confirmation email and the system should not send any email to unconfirmed addresses.

jrockway 14y ago
I would just reset "your" password, log in, and cancel the account. Problem solved.
- wl 14y ago
  That's what I usually do. I have a first initial + last name @ gmail.com account and tons of people sign up for accounts using my email address. Unfortunately, doing a password reset on for a bank account, cellular account, or the like is usually impossible without an account number or something else. As it should be, but it's really important that people use closed-loop sign-ins and allow people to remove their email addresses from accounts without logging in.
  - bigiain 14y ago
    Must be a trial, going through life named "Norbert Ospam"… ;-)
meej 14y ago
Yes, this. Every person I know who has a reasonably common gmail address gets mail intended for others. For some of them it's often enough that they've created canned responses to deal with them. It's somewhat astounding how many people out there apparently do not know their own email addresses.