Known issue, Gmail drops dots. Elijah.wright and elijahwright go to the same place.
Yup, pretty annoying.... --e On Friday, January 23, 2015, Crocker, Deborah <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve got a problem with getting another persons gmail. I am > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> and I > occasionally get email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> but this is > different person. I discovered it with a Vendor rewards account where I got > an update and logged (had to recover a password, hmmm) and found stuff I > didn’t recognize. Searched through a bit more and found a name and city. > Person actually lives 60 miles down the road. Then realized it wasn’t my > email address. So I called the vendor and the problem seemed to get sorted > out. But it continues with other vendors. I started getting facebook friend > suggests for people I have no clue about. Sure enough at the bottom of the > email it says it was sent to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. Recently > got from another vendor, one which I’m pretty sure the original enrollee > would need to get. I don’t get email all the time for this person (no > messages from other persons). The errant messages all say they were sent to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > > > > So is it the vendors or gmail? I could see some company dropping my “.” > and sending my email to the other person, but why this way? Can guarantee > the gmail online help center doesn’t cover this one. > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > D. Crocker > > > > -- > *********************************************************************** > Deborah Crocker, > Ph.D. > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > Systems Engineer > III > http://bama.ua.edu/~crock > Office of Information > Technology > 205-348-3758 > University of > Alabama > Fax: 205-348-3993 > Box 870346 > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > > > > >
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