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For the longest time, I used to receive someone else's e-mails on GMail. Our e-mail addresses were very similar except that mine had periods in it and his appar

by antsam 13y ago

For the longest time, I used to receive someone else's e-mails on GMail. Our e-mail addresses were very similar except that mine had periods in it and his apparently didn't. Either that or he really loved signing me up for things.

nitrogen 13y ago
Periods are supposed to be ignored in GMail addresses, so maybe this other person's address was very similar to the period-stripped version of yours.
andrewaylett 13y ago
My understanding is that Google strips full stops before comparing email addresses and accounts for equality, which is really annoying when people split their email addresses differently at different times, making them look distinct when they are actually the same.
- myko 13y ago
  It's really useful to me. I have a filter for messages to: m.y.g.m.a.i.l@gmail.com which marks the message read and moves it out of my inbox. This is the address I give out to companies whose correspondences I don't care to read generally but don't necessarily want to go directly to the trash.
  - sesqu 13y ago
    Similarly, I give out period-wise permutations.
  - scott_karana 13y ago
    You can also use + suffixes, which allows you to label.the address. Scott+newslettername@Gmail.com for example.
    - SoftwareMaven 13y ago
      Assuming the crappy regex on the form will accept it.. :( It's better now, but I still fail about 20% of the time.
bdunbar 13y ago
I get emails intended for other guys with my first and last name at gmail. Since periods don't matter, I assume since _I_ grabbed firstlast those other guys have had to settle for firstlast + a random bit tacked on. Later they write it down wrong, or their correspondants omit the random bit. Quite interesting. I've gotten bids on paving jobs from Scotland. Inquires about DJing in Florida. Invoices from a consultant in Seattle.
doobley 13y ago
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en

by antsam 13y ago

nitrogen 13y ago

Periods are supposed to be ignored in GMail addresses, so maybe this other person's address was very similar to the period-stripped version of yours.

andrewaylett 13y ago

My understanding is that Google strips full stops before comparing email addresses and accounts for equality, which is really annoying when people split their email addresses differently at different times, making them look distinct when they are actually the same.

myko 13y ago
It's really useful to me. I have a filter for messages to: m.y.g.m.a.i.l@gmail.com which marks the message read and moves it out of my inbox. This is the address I give out to companies whose correspondences I don't care to read generally but don't necessarily want to go directly to the trash.
- sesqu 13y ago
  Similarly, I give out period-wise permutations.
- scott_karana 13y ago
  You can also use + suffixes, which allows you to label.the address. Scott+newslettername@Gmail.com for example.
  - SoftwareMaven 13y ago
    Assuming the crappy regex on the form will accept it.. :( It's better now, but I still fail about 20% of the time.

bdunbar 13y ago

I get emails intended for other guys with my first and last name at gmail. Since periods don't matter, I assume since _I_ grabbed firstlast those other guys have had to settle for firstlast + a random bit tacked on. Later they write it down wrong, or their correspondants omit the random bit. Quite interesting. I've gotten bids on paving jobs from Scotland. Inquires about DJing in Florida. Invoices from a consultant in Seattle.

doobley 13y ago

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en