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Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue
From: ryanL <ryan.landry () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:50:42 -0700
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Grant Taylor <gtaylor () tnetconsulting net> wrote:
Hi, I'm looking for a GMail contact. My wife is receiving someone else's emails. Specifically she is receiving emails for <first name><middle initial><last name>@gmail.com (no dots) when her email address is really <same first name>.<same middle initial>.<same last name>@gmail.com (dots). I don't know if this is a "feature" or a "bug", but either way, it's disquieting my wife. (Unhappy wife = unhappy life.) I view this as both non-RFC compliant behavior -and- a potential security risk. (Registering a GMail account as <someone><famous>@gmail.com (no dot) to capture email for <someone>.<famous>@gmail.com (dot) emails.) Please reply or email me directly at gtaylor (at) tnetconsulting (dot) net for additional details. Thank you and have a nice day. -- Grant. . . . unix || die P.S. Thus far messages to postmaster () gmail com and abuse () gmail com have gone unanswered.
Current thread:
- GMail contact - misroute / security issue Grant Taylor (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Royce Williams (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Mike Lyon (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Mike Lyon (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue ryanL (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Karl Auer (Sep 28)
- Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Grant Taylor (Sep 28)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue John Fraizer (Sep 28)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Bacon Zombie (Sep 29)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Jay Ashworth (Sep 29)
- Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue John Fraizer (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue John Levine (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Nicolai (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Philip (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Jeff Woolsey (Sep 29)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Alexander Harrowell (Sep 30)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Royce Williams (Sep 28)