I get all sorts of mail intended for a chap who happens to spell his last name differently than the traditional Irish spelling..he lives in Dublin..you can see where this is going. Most people default to spelling it a certain way, sending mail to me. This has also happened to my brother!
FWIW he's a nice guy, we forward mail to each other much like Internet neighbors. On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Dana Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > +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] > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- Derek Monaghan [email protected]
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