[geeks] favorite im client?

[Phil Stracchino]

der Mouse wrote:
>> I get the occasional e-mail to firstnamelastname at gmail.com even
>> though I'm firstname.lastname at gmail.com.
> 
> I've been told that gmail ignores any dots in the local-part.  If true,
> you'll get mail to fir.stna.melas.tn.am.e at gmail.com too.  (Never messed
> with it myself, since I don't use gmail.)


So they ignore dots in the local-part, then (as we've heard) give out
email addresses that differ only in dots in the local-part.

Does this sound to anyone else like a recipe for disaster?


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