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Thanks! Hard to believe they would let this go. The email I receive that is intended for someone else is not something I would want others to see if I were them

Thanks! Hard to believe they would let this go. The email I receive that is intended for someone else is not something I would want others to see if I were them.

vehementi 13y ago
What? It's by design of gmail. I am skeptical that you possess two accounts like first.last@gmail.com and firstlast@gmail.com that are actually distinct accounts. The person sending you email probably typed the wrong email address.
vladd 13y ago
It's impossible to receive email for someone else as Gmail blocks as unavailable all dot-added usernames when you signup for an account. E.g.: if you create abcdef@gmail.com, then a.bcdef@gmail.com , ab.cdef@gmail.com and so on become unavailable and are directed to your main account.
- jdosstech 13y ago
  Not true. I have a "john.doe@gmail.com" account that is quite old and in the past year someone created the same account without the dot (johndoe@gmail.com), or at least started using it in the past year. I get email from one of their senders, or a copy I presume, to this day!
  - callahad 13y ago
    More likely: someone typo'd johndoe's address.
  - lotharbot 13y ago
    somebody thinks they have johndoe@gmail but they actually have johndoe1@gmail or johnpdoe@gmail or something like that.
- jdosstech 13y ago
  Ah, the sender of the email is at fault or the person gave them the wrong email address!!!
taviso 13y ago
Are you sure you read that second link? This is not a bug. Click on "Your address is similar but has more or fewer dots (.) or different capitalization." to expand the explanation. We had to add a link to this support document to the security@google.com autoresponder because people misunderstand this behaviour so often (They think they're getting someone elses mail, but someone just sent it to the wrong address).
standev75 13y ago
Perhaps the emails you received were misaddressed. I'm fairly certain that you were never able to create similar emails which differed only by periods.
- jdosstech 13y ago
  Yes! The sender is at fault here!

Thanks! Hard to believe they would let this go. The email I receive that is intended for someone else is not something I would want others to see if I were them.

vehementi 13y ago

What? It's by design of gmail. I am skeptical that you possess two accounts like first.last@gmail.com and firstlast@gmail.com that are actually distinct accounts. The person sending you email probably typed the wrong email address.

vladd 13y ago

It's impossible to receive email for someone else as Gmail blocks as unavailable all dot-added usernames when you signup for an account. E.g.: if you create abcdef@gmail.com, then a.bcdef@gmail.com , ab.cdef@gmail.com and so on become unavailable and are directed to your main account.

jdosstech 13y ago
Not true. I have a "john.doe@gmail.com" account that is quite old and in the past year someone created the same account without the dot (johndoe@gmail.com), or at least started using it in the past year. I get email from one of their senders, or a copy I presume, to this day!
- callahad 13y ago
  More likely: someone typo'd johndoe's address.
- lotharbot 13y ago
  somebody thinks they have johndoe@gmail but they actually have johndoe1@gmail or johnpdoe@gmail or something like that.
jdosstech 13y ago
Ah, the sender of the email is at fault or the person gave them the wrong email address!!!

taviso 13y ago

Are you sure you read that second link? This is not a bug. Click on "Your address is similar but has more or fewer dots (.) or different capitalization." to expand the explanation. We had to add a link to this support document to the security@google.com autoresponder because people misunderstand this behaviour so often (They think they're getting someone elses mail, but someone just sent it to the wrong address).

standev75 13y ago

Perhaps the emails you received were misaddressed. I'm fairly certain that you were never able to create similar emails which differed only by periods.

jdosstech 13y ago
Yes! The sender is at fault here!