I had those exact same thoughts. Which is why I stopped using the account. Which annoys me a bit because I was quit happy to successfully get my name rather than david12...@gmail.com or something. The other guy also seems to have no idea how to avoid getting spam because it's the only account I have that gets large quantities of it.
Now I only use the account for testing so he's welcome to my "Yay the email function worked!" emails :) David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 13 May 2013 15:18, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > I could understand a validation issue (or even an issue that occurred > post-migration), but I do wonder what the other guy’s user experience is > now.**** > > ** ** > > Is he still able to login? If so, what email does he see (does he see > yours)? Etc. I would guess that the login routine drops all “.” From the > user name, since it’s supposed to be superfluous, so only one password can > match the username in question. All others would be denied access (you’d > hope).**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Richards > *Sent:* Monday, 13 May 2013 2:25 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: BankWest: Dear Sir/Madam?**** > > ** ** > > I can only assume it was a bug in validation at the time. From memory, > people in the UK had to use @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com. I > suspect it had something to do with that. But still, even before the UK > could use @gmail.com, I was still getting the email. I would have > thought this would go to the top of the issue list but apparently not.**** > > > **** > > David > > "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes > will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" > -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama > ** > > ** ** > > On 13 May 2013 13:40, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote:**** > > According to Google firstnamelastn...@gmail.com and > firstname.lastn...@gmail.com are the same account…**** > > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en&ref_topic=3026306**** > > **** > > How did the other guy even create the account or login?**** > > **** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > **** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Richards > *Sent:* Monday, 13 May 2013 12:11 PM**** > > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: BankWest: Dear Sir/Madam?**** > > **** > > Having said that, gmail doesn't support a period in the username properly. > I have a firstnamelastn...@gmail.com address and there is someone in the > UK that has firstname.lastn...@gmail.com. I have been getting that other > persons emails for years. This includes personal stuff like passwords, > bank details, address, resume's, family photos, etc. I told google about > it many times but they just insist there is nothing wrong. I told the > other guy about it and I think he changed his email address but I'm still > getting his personal email.**** > > > **** > > David**** > > **** > > ** ** >
