Kinda like Exchange can have multiple smtp aliases for the same account......;)
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Carl Houseman <c.house...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh brother . I guess a mail server can do whatever it wants regarding > matching addresses to mailboxes for delivery and no RFC cares? > > > > Thanks for clearing up the mystery. > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:36 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT: Google Username Assistance - huh? > > > > Hi Carl, > > > > I believe that gmail ignores periods in the left hand side of the address, > so in fact those two email addresses are the same account, i.e. not > forwarding. You could equally say the same about > c.h.o.u.s.e.m....@gmail.com, > c........h.o........u.s.......e.m.........@gmail.com, you get the idea. > > > > They also ignore anything after a plus symbol [ "+" ], therefore > c.h.o.u.s.e.m.a.n+anything_you_like_in_h...@gmail.com<c.h.o.u.s.e.m.a.n%2banything_you_like_in_h...@gmail.com>equally > goes the same way. > > > > Feel free to try the above and see if it works. > > > > I hope this helps. > > > > Andrew > > On 11 February 2010 06:25, Carl Houseman <c.house...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, this seems very weird to me. For some time, mail addressed to > chouse...@gmail.com has been delivered to my c.house...@gmail.com mailbox. > I thought, at some point, I created the chouseman mailbox and configured > forwarding. But I couldn't sign in to Google with the chouseman address > and > no attempts to use their automatic password reset worked. About 3 months > ago I went the distance trying to reset the password, using the last resort > method several times. Each time I received an automatic message telling me > I should be able to access the account, but of course, I never could. > > And then today this comes in: > ---------------------------- > From: accounts-nore...@google.com [mailto:accounts-nore...@google.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:55 PM > To: chouse...@gmail.com > Subject: Google Username Assistance > > We searched our database but we were unable to find any usernames > associated > with your email address chouse...@gmail.com. > > <snipped instructions for accessing my account, which apparently doesn't > exist> > ---------------------------- > > So the takeaway from that message is what, exactly? There's no username, > therefore there is no account associated with chouse...@gmail.com? And > nonetheless, I have to keep receiving e-mail for that address? I don't see > where a Google account can have multiple e-mail addresses tied to it as > Exchange can, but apparently that's what has happened? > > It's crap like this that will keep me from ever recommending cloud services > from Google. > > Carl > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > -- > Kind regards, > > Andrew Levicki MCITP MCSE CCNA > and...@levicki.me.uk > www.andrewlevicki.eu > > > > > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Keller, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
