Jen Larkin, a CF dev in SF, has pretty regular facebook posts about her encounters with this particular issue.
I've never had a problem with other Judah McAuleys :) On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:29 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Heh, this might be something I open up for others to use as well, given > some of the replies :-D > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > Over the last few years I have received dozens upon dozens of e-mail > intended for another William Bowen. Friendly (and not so) messages from > family, anti-Obama secret-Muslim screeds, off-color jokes, the occasional > heartfelt plea for a prayer for this or that. > > During all that time I would return a message saying, "I'm sorry, but > you've mistaken me for someone else." > > I got a message back once from someone who screamed (All caps) that I > shouldn't be "HACKING [HER] BROTHER'S EMAIL." I told her the FBI scans > email for all caps. > > I have also received several notification from porn sites about my new > memberships, insurance statements, the health benefits package links for a > contractor working in DC, and even got the Verizon wireless bill for > several months for a couple whose home address and was included right on > the bill. I sent them a letter since I didn't have their email address. Got > an email requesting that I sign the divorce papers and send them to [her] > lawyer in some town in Virginia. > > I have only reset a few passwords. And not on the porn. I figure how bad > off is this guy that's subscribing to GILF-porn and can't remember his own > email address? :-) > > I say do it. > > Have fun. > > :-) > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:34 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > The ones where people are signing up for coupons, receipts or other sites > > are the ones that really get me. The two I received today I can somewhat > > understand if the sender didn't get the person's email address right. > > > > Okay, so rude or not if I keep it in (relatively) good taste it should be > > good for a hit or two, so I'll go with it. > > > > Now to come up with a good (and available) name. Any suggestions beyond > > the ones I threw out? > > > > > > Until Later! > > C. Hatton Humphrey > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > some > > smelting to find it. > > > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:59 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > > > > > > I get emails sent to me by mistake constantly. My general process is > > to > > > > reply back and kindly inform the sender that they've reached the > wrong > > > > person. > > > > > > > > > Same thing happens to me, but maybe once every 2 weeks. Occasionally I > > > consider doing a password reset using my email (since they already put > it > > > in) and totally pwning the person. Yesterday I got one for Snapchat, > > which > > > I hear is used for, well.... Things.... > > > > > > Then sometimes I think, maybe it's a 8 year old kid on mommy's computer > > and > > > just can't spell their name right. I can't be mean to a kid. > > > > > > Sometimes it's obviously not a kid. But seriously can people not spell > > > their own email addresses anymore? > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > .... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363988 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm