Thanks for pointing out the "official" explanation. I didn't notice that link when I tested my dotless address earlier today..
I get the explanation but I don't get why I couldn't get that address in the first place, I had the same experience as Lee when I first signed up for gmail 5 years ago.... From: c.bo...@gmail.com [mailto:c.bo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Re: OT: Google Username Assistance - huh? Same thing happened to me. When you view a message that goes to your address (without the period, mind you) a little note shows up under the To: line that says "Is this me?" or something similar, and it explains the whole ordeal. On Feb 10, 2010 3:31pm, Lee Douglas <lee.doug...@gmail.com> wrote: > Making it a little more fun, I learned some time ago that Google doesn't look at the '.' in my address, but considers lee.douglas and leedouglas to be identical. What's maddening is that I originally tried to sign up as LeeDouglas and was told it was unavailable, hence I ended up with lee.doug...@gmail.com. Now I get mail using both addresses. > > > Sigh > > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM, 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. > > > > > 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/> ~ > > > > > -- > Lee Douglas * Principal > Phil Ellis Associates, Inc. > PO Box 900 * Wrightsville Beach * NC * 28480-0900 > Phone: 919-481-0160 > Email: leedoug...@pellis.com * Web:http://www.pellis.com > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/leedouglas > > Recruiting Science & Technology > Member: PDA / ISPE / ACS / RAPS / ASQ / AOAC > Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Search and Recruiting. > > Celebrating 31 Years of Excellence > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
