Your email address is actually firstlast@gmail.com. GMail doesn't care about dots, so you could say your email address is f.i.r.s.t.l.a.s.t@gmail.com for all t

Your email address is actually firstlast@gmail.com. GMail doesn't care about dots, so you could say your email address is f.i.r.s.t.l.a.s.t@gmail.com for all the good it does. Using the dot probably does more harm, as it makes people think it's a legit differentiator.