I also realized there is probably nothing Google can do. I will start doing something like "select message > filter these > from: domain > send to bin"
There is a chance this will be too strict but I don't think I want to do business with a company that cannot verify email address ownership properly. Most are from US/Canada anyhow :-) A surprising number of the emails do not have "how to unsubscribe" footers/links, maybe the laws over that side of the pond are more lax? On 4 March 2013 17:36, James Courtier-Dutton <james.dut...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4 March 2013 17:25, Imran Chaudhry <ichaud...@gmail.com> wrote: >> As subject, I have been getting someones else's email on my Gmail >> address for some years now. I put this down not only to PEBKAC but >> also to GMail ignoring the "." in email addresses. >> >> I have managed to curtail a lot of these after recently getting in >> touch with the car dealer who was sending me emails about "my brand >> new BMW". He managed to get in touch with the miscreant - who seems to >> be another "ichaudhry" in Canada. I think it also helped that I >> mentioned the sensitive mails from Chase Manhattan bank, new baby >> advice newsletters, medical conferences (the other ichaudhry seems to >> be some hotshot surgeon) and suchlike I was getting on his behalf. >> >> Honestly, here in 2013 you would think websites and businesses had >> figured out how to verify ownership of email addresses but not so. >> >> However the final straw is that I'm now getting his pizza delivery >> orders (also from Canada) and I thought it's now time to do something >> about it. >> >> Has anyone else been in this situation and what did they do to counter >> it? I'm kind of hesitant to contact Google as I perceive no conduit >> for regular users to complain unless you're a paying customer (eg. >> Google Apps for Business). >> > > Same thing happens to everyone at some time. > I keep getting invited to some social group meetings at some > university in the USA. > They simply mistype the email address and it gets to you instead. > Nothing you can do about it, except try to contact the person and ask > them to stop making mistakes in future. > I just put them in the junk folder and move on. > > Kind Regards > > James > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- GPG Key fingerprint = B323 477E F6AB 4181 9C65 F637 BC5F 7FCC 9CC9 CC7F http://about.me/imranchaudhry -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
