Well, your email address and your username are not necessarily the same thing. While you can receive mail at:
georgeabraham george.abraham g.e.o.rgeabr.ah.am+filter That doesn't mean those are your user names for logging in. The only time this would be a problem is if I could open an account as something like: geo.rge.a.b.raham But I can't do this, because georgeabraham is already taken and it's login user name happens to be george.abraham --Ferg George Abraham wrote: >But I can't login as georgeabraham only as george.abraham, so that conflicts >with the implementation. > >George > >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:4:229885 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
