RSS BotBM to Hacker NewsEnglish · 2 months agoGmail might partially be to blame for receiving emails from other Sean Connersboston.conman.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkGmail might partially be to blame for receiving emails from other Sean Connersboston.conman.orgRSS BotBM to Hacker NewsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNot a newt@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Gmail always ignored .. No, sean.conner used to be treated as a distinct account from seanconner, but then that behaviour changed to ignoring the dots, unless the dotted and non-dotted addresses had already been created as separate accounts before the change.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIn July 2004 they already ignored the dots https://itsmygmail.blogspot.com/2004/07/gmail-address-variations.html Since Gmail came out in April 2004, if it wasn’t there since the very beginning it was there since gmail had only a metaphorical handful of users.
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sean.connerused to be treated as a distinct account fromseanconner, but then that behaviour changed to ignoring the dots, unless the dotted and non-dotted addresses had already been created as separate accounts before the change.In July 2004 they already ignored the dots https://itsmygmail.blogspot.com/2004/07/gmail-address-variations.html
Since Gmail came out in April 2004, if it wasn’t there since the very beginning it was there since gmail had only a metaphorical handful of users.