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Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue
From: James Welcher <jwelcher () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:52:47 -0700
Gmail will strip out periods. So it's not like there was some OTHER email address that your wife is suddenly getting. There is only her address. Dots or No Dots. Your wife's email address IS THE SAME as the dotless-version. 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.
-- James Welcher
Current thread:
- Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue, (continued)
- 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)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Bacon Zombie (Sep 30)
- Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue Grant Taylor (Sep 28)
- Re: GMail contact - misroute / security issue James Welcher (Sep 29)