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Is it true that dots no longer matter in email addresses? first.last@gmail is the same as firstlast@gmail? -- nm

Posted by rollo Aug 30 '16, 07:21

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I sure hope not. I've been having a vicious tomato-growing rivalry with that g.curuchet asshole for years and years - con_carne Aug 30, 07:24
only with gmail -- nm - decline Aug 30, 07:24
That is true, but I don't know that it applies to all providers. (And it definitely doesn't apply to after the @ symbol.) -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 07:23
gmail has a long standing policy of ignoring dots. This is not standard. They also allow you to put +whatever in your username and receive that mail - oblique Aug 30, 07:23 12
- I thought they axed the +whatever feature? -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 07:26
- so they never allowed [email protected] *and* [email protected] to both be created? -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 07:24 10
  - Correct. If you registered "jane.smith" then you REALLY got "janesmith" and you can put as many dots in that as you want. - Ender Aug 30, 07:26 9
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      - "Guys, I think this acronym for our secret project is a little convoluted." -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 07:31 3
        
        Oh yeah, how else should we abbreviate "Joint Army Navy Environment for Semantic Military Intelligence Technology Heuristics"??? -- nm - Centcom Aug 30, 07:40 2
        
        "I just don't think we need that fancy of a name for 'going on a pub crawl'." -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 07:42 1
        
        Do you want Congressional funding or not?!?! -- nm - Centcom Aug 30, 07:43
      - You CAN, but it gets you on an FBI list. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 07:28 1
        
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    - good to know. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 07:27
    - I did not know this. -- nm - David Aug 30, 07:26
I've heard that, specific to gmail, but have never tested it out. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 30, 07:23
um no. how could that possibly be true? two different people could have those two addresses. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 07:22 4
- gmail ignores .s in addresses. - Reagen Aug 30, 07:25
- Gmail accounts for that when determining whether an address is available to register. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 07:25 1
  - interesting. - Andie Aug 30, 07:25
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