but why, i wonder do they do that? i mean, you'd think that google has a guru of the regex kind there in-house that could handle it so that those are really TWO different addresses.
im glad it isnt like that, i wouldnt want anyone else to have tony DOT weeg AT gmail DOT com, no way! but still kinda odd i think? tw On 1/17/06, Munson, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From reading their site, it sounds like your email address is really > georgeabraham(AT)gmail.com. I'm not positive, but when I read that page > you posted the link to, it looked like the gmail server just ignore > anything with a (.) in them, so when you signed up for george.abraham, > their server really created it as georgeabraham. Otherwise they would > have conflicts, like you are describing. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Traher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:09 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: WOT: Gmail's interesting approach to usernames > > > > It would be OK if they had stopped the second George Abraham > > to sign up from > > using that name! > > > > Otherwise it is a seriously flawed design! > > > [INFO] -- Access Manager: > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A2 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229845 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
