Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
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Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
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Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#290% of the spam I get when I occasionally review it has dropped the dot in some silly effort to canonicalize my address, so yeah, the dot matters, as I filter the non-dotted address.
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#3My email is firstlast I use first.last for subscriptions I am unsure I want to keep. I can then filter out based on to address and also use diff combinations when I already know I don’t want them contacting me (firs.tlast) for example
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#4What about + signs? That's the trick I use.
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#5This is indeed the case. I have checked it myself. The link below shows how this can be used maliciously.
https://jameshfisher.com/2018/04/07/the-dots-do-matter-how-t...
I do not know if this has been mitigated.
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#6I have been getting financial emails from several people for many years at my GMail ID. They apparently have given my address but without the dot.
But what mystifies me is how these people keep going for years without ever realising they aren't getting account transaction emails (from their banks), notifications of stock trades, even OTP emails etc. How is it possible for people to use these services for years without ever wondering why they aren't getting the routine emails they're supposed to get or even why they aren't getting the OTP email they had generated?
Also none of the institutions I contacted to ask their clients to update their correct email bothered to do so. On the contrary they sent me back what looked like automated replies asking if their customer service was satisfactory.
At this point I'm sorely tempted to delete my email and start over with another service provider. The nuisance of having to delete almost a dozen emails not meant for you every single day is annoying to say the least. At least with spam you get it sent to spam folder and there it stays. Confidential emails not meant for you is awkward and uncomfortable to have to put up with.
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#7I have been getting financial emails from several people for many years at my GMail ID. They apparently have given my address but without the dot. But what mystifies me is how these people keep going for years without ever realising they aren't getting account transaction emails (from their banks), notifications of stock trades, even OTP emails etc. How is it possible for people to use these services for years withou…
Set up a filter? Did you ever try to contact the institution where the emails come from?
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#8That, and '@googlemail.com'. example@gmail.com is equivalent to example@googlemail.com.
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#9Except for when it does matter! GSuite accounts do care.
first.name@company.com is a different address than firstname@company.com.
I learned that one the hard way.
Re: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
#10What about + signs? That's the trick I use.
They also don't matter, but you already know this