+1 on this comment - I am always getting other people's email. It's really awesome when the other dquinn's in the world sign up for all sorts of dating services, and then use the wrong address. I leave my gmail account up on our home computer, and my wife was "nonplussed" to see all these notifications coming through. And yikes - it's been years since I've dated, there are a lot of weird dating sites now.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Smith, David <[email protected]> wrote: > Chances are, the other person just doesn’t know their own email address. > As someone with a very common name, I get things clearly intended for other > people almost daily; end-users are sometimes silly. > > > > David Smith > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Crocker, Deborah > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 28, 2015 9:25 AM > *To:* Lopsa Discussion > *Subject:* Re: [lopsa-discuss] Help with gmail technical problem > > > > 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. > > > > -- > *********************************************************************** > Deborah Crocker, > Ph.D. > [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 > > > > *From:* Smith, David [mailto:[email protected] <[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] <[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] and I occasionally get email to > [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]. 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]. > > > > 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] > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > -- Dana Quinn [email protected]
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