@jackyan They don't have the same email address. This is 100% user error. The address first.last@gmail.com is the same as firstlast@gmail.com as per the RFC. The actual email of the other guy probably has some number that they are leaving out or some different spelling.
@nf3xn I know this is what logic tells us, but there is a narrow group that I keep reading about where I donʼt think it is. They involve the very early adopters who got their Gmail addresses through invitation and in beta, when the dot made a difference (especially one case where Google prevented someone from making an address without a dot, later they began getting emails for the dotless address).
Then Google soon changed the rules, and theyʼve been able to see the second personʼs emails.
@andycarolan In my experience of receiving emails intended for other people (for a while I'd write back to the sender, and sometimes got hold of the intended recipient), it's user error somewhere.
Eg the user fills out a form with username@ymail.com and the data entry person goes "haha that looks like ymail what terrible handwriting I'll just enter gmail". Or they forget that they have username1 rather than username.
Google cultists say this is all impossible, and they blame the users (as usual) for providing the wrong email address, but based on my experience, Iʼm more likely going to believe level-headed everyday people.
@andycarolan Close to 100 per cent for me, and easily over 95. I would, but for a few close colleagues and friends who use it. I donʼt know why they would want a domain that is shared with spammers the world over, but it seems they donʼt see it that way.
@andycarolan It’s really shocking but I have seen them, too. Even on backs of vans. It wasn’t that long ago when having a “free” email account was a sign that you weren’t serious about your business.
@andycarolan@jackyan@fesshole it's because Gmail changed the rules AFTER allocating addresses. So the "." Isn't read. User.Name@Gmail and username@Gmail are the same
. I get loads of emails to my email without the .
@andycarolan@jackyan@fesshole it was weird when they said it but it was early so I think maybe still beta and they thought it would be ok. But the trouble is now other companies do count the . So people can sign up a new account with an address already in use. It's wild.
I'm gradually moving everything to protonmail 🤣
@Tattooed_mummy Ugh... what a mess! I've been using an email address attached to my own domain for years… that said, I'm running a business, so it makes sense for me to do that I guess. @jackyan@fesshole
Add comment