So, why did they allow both accounts to be created? These are duplicate
accounts. Or maybe they didn’t and this other person just thinks that is their
account? They sure have used it in some sensitive places.
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Deborah Crocker, Ph.D.
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Systems Engineer III
http://bama.ua.edu/~crock<http://bama.ua.edu/%7Ecrock>
Office of Information Technology
205-348-3758
University of Alabama
Fax: 205-348-3993
Box 870346
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
From: Smith, David [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:35 AM
To: Crocker, Deborah; Lopsa Discussion
Subject: RE: Help with gmail technical problem
This is a feature, as far as Gmail is concerned. Firstnamelastname,
firstname.lastname, and fir.stna.me.l.a.s.t.na.me are all the same – they
implicitly strip periods from their addresses. You can use this for things like
subtle sender tracking (put the period in different places for different
senders, so you can see who’s selling your address to spammers).
David Smith
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Crocker, Deborah
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 8:18 AM
To: Lopsa Discussion
Subject: [lopsa-discuss] Help with gmail technical problem
I’ve got a problem with getting another persons gmail. I am
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and I
occasionally get email to
[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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
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Deborah Crocker, Ph.D.
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Systems Engineer III
http://bama.ua.edu/~crock<http://bama.ua.edu/%7Ecrock>
Office of Information Technology
205-348-3758
University of Alabama
Fax: 205-348-3993
Box 870346
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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