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Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue
From: Nicolai <nicolai-nanog () chocolatine org>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:06:29 +0000
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 10:42:56PM -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:
Specifically she is receiving emails for <first name><middle initial><last name>@gmail.com (no dots) when her email address is really <same first name>.<same middle initial>.<same last name>@gmail.com (dots). I don't know if this is a "feature" or a "bug", but either way, it's disquieting my wife. (Unhappy wife = unhappy life.)
Have your wife log in while omitting the dots, using e.g. "janeqpublic" instead of "jane.q.public" as the username. She'll see there's only one account, and it's her's, and that someone just typed the wrong address. Most likely reason: gmail is so common that someone mistypes johnsmith () example com as johnsmith () gmail com, not paying attention to what they're doing. It happens. Nicolai
Current thread:
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue, (continued)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Royce Williams (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Mike Lyon (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Mike Lyon (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue ryanL (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Karl Auer (Sep 28)
- Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Grant Taylor (Sep 28)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue John Fraizer (Sep 28)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Bacon Zombie (Sep 29)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Jay Ashworth (Sep 29)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue John Fraizer (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue John Levine (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Nicolai (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Philip (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Jeff Woolsey (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Alexander Harrowell (Sep 30)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Bacon Zombie (Sep 30)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Royce Williams (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue James Welcher (Sep 29)