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Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by Terretta »

fragmede wrote: post #61
Dusseldorf wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do this as well, and occasionally people get confused and think I work for the company I'm interacting with (enterprise@myname.com is close enough to myname@enterprise.com, I guess.) I usually don't bother to correct them, in case it gets me better treatment :)

The problem is that's guessable. I add a nonce/salt/bit of random chars; enterprise_jeje38@example.com to compensate.

This is how iCloud's "Hide My Email" (suggested to you by Safari at online account creation or filling out any email field basically) works. And then it remembers those random chars for that domain. Also ensures the email delivers to you.

Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by hamdingers »

lysace wrote: post #52
jaynate wrote: post #51

My gmail address is first.last@gmail.com. From time to time (and for years) I get someone else’s at firstlast@gmail.com. I thought that a Gmail account that was first.last@gmail also allowed for email sent to firstlast@gmail (no period) to reach my inbox as well. I’ve received some sensitive/PII content over the years. I’ve wondered if this person has access to any of my information? Not necessarily related to this p…

> I’ve wondered if this person has access to any of my information? No. They have just told someone your email address and that someone has sent you stuff. Anyone can do that, if they dream up your email address. People having the same name are a lot more likely to do that. Happened to me as well. I was the first one of the 50 people or so carrying my name to register "first[.]last@gmail.com" back in 2004. At least t…

I still control my first name @gmail.com from very early on, but have never been able to put it to use because of the relentless torrent of misdelivered email.

Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by [deleted] »

jaynate wrote: post #51

My gmail address is first.last@gmail.com. From time to time (and for years) I get someone else’s at firstlast@gmail.com. I thought that a Gmail account that was first.last@gmail also allowed for email sent to firstlast@gmail (no period) to reach my inbox as well. I’ve received some sensitive/PII content over the years. I’ve wondered if this person has access to any of my information? Not necessarily related to this p…

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Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by guessmyname »

UltraSane wrote: post #89
Dries007 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A bit off topic, but changing your name when getting married is so strange to me. It is not at all common where I live (Belgium), in fact I don't think I personally know a single person who did.

What last name do your kids use?

Last name of father and mother, respectively.

  let motherLastName = "Carter Hughes"
  let fatherLastName = "Miller Thompson"
  let childLastName  = "Miller Carter"
  let childFullName  = "Jean Paul Miller Carter"
Or so that is how it works in many countries around the world.

You might ask, —“Why does the father’s last name go first and the mother’s second?”— That’s an old tradition, and it can change whenever enough people in our society agree. As it stands, the father’s family name tends to persist down the family tree, while the mother’s family name often disappears in each generation.

Or so that is how it works in many countries around the world.

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Post by tclancy »

pclark wrote: post #105

I’m tempted to change from peter.clark@ to something more obscure; i get SO MANY emails directed at other Peter Clark’s, it’s bizarre and makes my inbox unusable.

Huh. I have come to find the information about other tclancys across the world an interesting insight. Plus there was the time I was mistakenly sent a resume to review for a guy applying to become bank president; he didn't get the gig, but it wasn't because of the three or four paragraphs I sent him on spiffing up the thing.

Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by Terretta »

cardamomo wrote: post #75
bluedevil2k wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Handy tip for software testing - Gmail ignores everything after a “+” in the address. So when you’re testing different accounts in your software you can use +1@gmail.com, +2@gmail.com, +3@gmail.com etc. to create many different accounts in the software that all go to the same email address.

That's not just a Gmail feature. It's part of RFC 5233. See "Subaddressing."

Indeed, also works at outlook.com / hotmail and others.

Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by pclark »

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #103
9dev wrote: post #50

Oh, finally. I’m one of the first.last@gmail folks, which I assumed would never change when I was 13 years old (hah!). Fast forward a few years, I got married, and am stuck with my old name in the address.

I have a first.last email, but it's created quite the interesting situation. Turns out some dude in Australia has the same first+last name as me, and he's been using firstlast@gmail.com. As far as I can find from Google's documentation, the email with no dots should be the primary and the one with dots an alias, but I'm guessing because I registered mine ages ago (back in 2006) it takes precedence. I have no idea how…

I have this same issue! But I can log in with or without dots… but it’s like someone else thinks their email is my email without the dots. I can’t really figure out what is happening. The volume is way too high for it to be spam though.

Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by pclark »

tclancy wrote: post #115
pclark wrote: post #105

I’m tempted to change from peter.clark@ to something more obscure; i get SO MANY emails directed at other Peter Clark’s, it’s bizarre and makes my inbox unusable.

Huh. I have come to find the information about other tclancys across the world an interesting insight. Plus there was the time I was mistakenly sent a resume to review for a guy applying to become bank president; he didn't get the gig, but it wasn't because of the three or four paragraphs I sent him on spiffing up the thing.

I once got an email — addressed to some other pclark@ — which was simply a photo of a duck and the message “what duck is this?” I was so disappointed that he never thanked me for replying accurately and expeditiously.

Re: Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

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Post by cdelsolar »

hamdingers wrote: post #112
lysace wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’ve wondered if this person has access to any of my information? No. They have just told someone your email address and that someone has sent you stuff. Anyone can do that, if they dream up your email address. People having the same name are a lot more likely to do that. Happened to me as well. I was the first one of the 50 people or so carrying my name to register "first[.]last@gmail.com" back in 2004. At least t…

I still control my first name @gmail.com from very early on, but have never been able to put it to use because of the relentless torrent of misdelivered email.

I still own and use mylastname@gmail.com. Yeah I get a ton of misaddressed mail, even some from a relatively famous person with the same last name.
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