GMail contact - misroute / security issue

Mon Sep 29 03:57:41 UTC 2014

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 at techsolvency.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Grant Taylor <gtaylor at 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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