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Antihero
Antihero PowerDork
12/19/24 3:55 p.m.

I have zero Xmas spirit this year. Usually I'm the one dragging everyone along to try to have some fun with the holidays but this year, I got nothing.

iansane
iansane SuperDork
12/19/24 3:55 p.m.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:

There is a guy in Ireland with my first name and last name, and apparently he has signed up for a Gmail account using first name last name with no dot in between them. My Gmail is first name dot last name.  Today I got an email for him from a college admissions office. About a year ago, I was getting verification notifications from Apple when he was trying to set up his new iPad.
 

IDK how this happens and it shouldn't be my problem to solve. Anyone got a customer service number for gmail?

I'm pretty sure Gmail ignores periods in emails. I've used that to separate out junkmail when signing up for dumb stuff on the internet.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
12/19/24 3:58 p.m.

In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :

Send any email to the guy informing him of the situation, what's likely causing it, and that he should think about changing it. Conclude with any misdirected e-mail,  even important ones, like college admissions, will not be forwarded.

Steve_Jones
Steve_Jones UltraDork
12/19/24 4:11 p.m.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:

There is a guy in Ireland with my first name and last name, and apparently he has signed up for a Gmail account using first name last name with no dot in between them. My Gmail is first name dot last name.  Today I got an email for him from a college admissions office. About a year ago, I was getting verification notifications from Apple when he was trying to set up his new iPad.
 

IDK how this happens and it shouldn't be my problem to solve. Anyone got a customer service number for gmail?

He is not using that email address, someone else just thinks he is. firstlast and first.last are the same as far as Google is concerned. So is f.irstla.st, etc.

You are not receiving e-mail addressed to someone else, you are receiving e-mail intended for someone else but miss-addressed to you. He can not fix it.

 

 

 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
12/19/24 4:36 p.m.

In reply to Steve_Jones :

True. To piggyback on my suggestion, he could use an alternative email. Of course, he needs to be informed of the issue first for that to happen. He'd probably like to get that reply from the university.

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