Gmail email addresses and periods

[DrRockso]

Ok, so I've just had to change my gmail account of 10 years because I am constantly receiving email that is not supposed to be addressed to me, and I have
privacy concerns about my email being received by someone else.

Let me explain... Receiving mail inadvertently for a different gmail account name - period character ignored in uname? - Gmail Help

"Dots in account names are not significant. That is, first.last@ is the same e-mail address as firstlast@. Receiving a message with an address with a different configuration of dots does not mean there are two accounts with the same name." Google

Google states that periods are not significant in the email address. That is that A.B, a.b, ab, and AB are all the same email addresses. That sounds ok if you originally set up AB right, then someone can send email to A.B and you will get it.

The problem starts when gmail allows new users to setup email accounts with periods in them, when they are actually aliases for other accounts. Here is my scenario,

Some time ago User X sets up AB@gmail.com

I'm user Y, I then setup up A.B@gmail.com (my first name is also A, and my surname is also B, obviously AB@gmail.com is taken).. No problems says google. But when users start sending emails to AB@gmail.com then I am also getting them at A.B

I have scans of AB@gmail.com passport, other travel details, details where he works etc. I have contacted him and let him know about this, I notice now that on other emails I get his has a new cc' added, so I guess he set up a new account also.

After years of this I've given up and setup a new email address. I thought google was a bit smarter than this.

[r0gue]

Must only apply to very old emails, as it seems they no longer allow you to register an account with periods in it that is similar to accounts without the periods.
I just tried to register a new account using several variations of my account, but using periods in it, and it will not let me.

[DrRockso]

Must only apply to very old emails, as it seems they no longer allow you to register an account with periods in it that is similar to accounts without the periods.
I just tried to register a new account using several variations of my account, but using periods in it, and it will not let me.

Yes its a legacy issue from Gmail's beta stage. This was when it was by invite and someone said to me "have you heard of Google".

I thought.. "No, google huh? stupid name, sounds like a sound a baby would make..."

Can't see that taking off.

[mattDC5R]

I looked into this just now as I have a a.b@gmail type address as well as some variants of that, was a little worried about emails going MIA so looked into it a little.

like it talks about here

https://support.google.com/mail/bin/...&answer=10313#

they don't recognize the period, but both a.b@ and ab@ are the same account, I can log into both my accounts using either variant of the use name.

my accounts were registered probably around 2007/8 so must be like you mentioned that only on early accounts would you run into the issue you mentioned.

[DrRockso]

Yes this is back in 2000.

When you could get a professional sounding account with your name rather that joblogs2343434@gmail.com

Too late for that now.

[I Fancy Holidays]

I got my account back when it was invite only and i still managed to pick a jo.blogs.2343434@gmail.com

I miss my @www.com email

[Professor Redfern]

Capitals dont make a difference in gmail.

[Davey]

Capitals dont make a difference in gmail.

Not at all. Gmail addresses are not case sensitive.

[Professor Redfern]

Too slow I already edited my silly mistake.

[Petrov]

Wooohooo, signed up with gmail sometime ago a managed a firstnamelastname@gmail.com account. I feel speshal

[DrRockso]

Wooohooo, signed up with gmail sometime ago a managed a firstnamelastname@gmail.com account. I feel speshal

Is it in Russian or something?

My name is pretty uncommon but I couldn't even get one with my middle initial.

Looking forward to putting bonghitz666@gmail.com on my resume.

[Brougham]

damn. i thought this thread was about a link betwen emails and women that cant stop bleeding.

[DrRockso]

damn. i thought this thread was about a link betwen emails and women that cant stop bleeding.

No, no you didn't. You just thought it was an opportunity for a lame joke.

[Petrov]

Is it in Russian or something?

My name is pretty uncommon but I couldn't even get one with my middle initial.

Looking forward to putting bonghitz666@gmail.com on my resume.

Well, close enough I guess.

I share the name of a rich russian guy that was on Sex and the City. No, I never watched the show, but heaps of females point that out when they discover my full name.

Go for something like rocksyosockso69@gmail.com

It has a nice ring to it.

[DrRockso]

just signed up idococaine@gmail.com

[Murley]

Anyone use the + thing? The + thing is very cool. You can add anything between your username and the @ symbol by adding a +

e.g. if you have perthstreet@gmail.com you can add perthstreet+<anythingyouwantwithoutspacesandinvali dsymbols>@gmail.com and still get the email.

Here's a super clever one I came up with just then perthstreet+boobs@gmail.com

[shmoo]

I share the name of a rich russian guy that was on Sex and the City.

Mr Big??? Didn't know he was Russian.

[DrRockso]

Mr Big??? Didn't know he was Russian.

I think he is referring to Aleksandr Petrovsky.

[lee]

Just sign up for the second account and get the first gmail to pull the new emails emails into it and also set up account #2 as a "send from" address. Now you don't have to lose your email.

[Petrov]

I think her is referring to Aleksandr Petrovsky.

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