[174743] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Lyon)
Mon Sep 29 00:01:13 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CA+E3k91yLQpxua5PM2KECDGtx6vYgQOQbPtHb-gP2PvBjDe0vA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:57:41 -0700
From: Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@gmail.com>
To: Royce Williams <royce@techsolvency.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>,
Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I have the same issue and have had it for quite a while. I've met some
great new friends because of it as well!
-Mike
On Sunday, September 28, 2014, Royce Williams <royce@techsolvency.com>
wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > My wife is receiving someone else's emails.
> >
> > 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).
>
>
> If someone else thinks that the non-dotted email address is theirs, they
> are mistaken.
>
> This is a Gmail feature. Adding or removing dots makes no difference,
> other than changing readability.
>
> All versions of the email address are your wife's.
>
> Royce
>
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