Only the one username exists (which is what was meant by ignoring case and periods). In fact, all e-mail servers ignore case. While on some systems the case might matter in a user-name; it never does in an e-mail address.
What you observed is likely the difference between how your friend logs into gmail, and how their from address is configured (like on iPad mail it would always capitalize the first letter). On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Julie Meitz <[email protected]> wrote: > I read that Gmail ignores capitalization and dots in usernames. > However... > > Recently I replied to an email and when I looked back at the email I sent, > by HOVERING my mouse over the address info withOUT clicking on the > drop-drown menu list of recipients & sender, it showed the username in > lowercase. Then when I clicked on the drop-down menu list > of recipients and sender, the same email address had the 1st initial > capitalized. > > For example, hover = *j*[email protected] and click on drop-down menu list > = *J*[email protected] > (I even noticed that in contacts, the 1st initial is capitalized too) > > For me this is particularly confusing that both "hovering over" and "drop > down menu list" *do not have the same appearance* because then I wonder > if my emails are being sent to the correct username address. > > The browser I'm using is Google Chrome. > > Thank you in advance. > Julie > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
