True, all the email address should be for different people. But Google just chooses to handle them like one. I guess it must be easier for them. However, Google Apps accounts to take into account the dot. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
True, and that is my problem since in my experience with mail rfc's - all the 4 examples you have given are actually 4 different addresses and possibly 4 different persons. I once had a course in exim at Cambridge University and they gave exmples of how vast their mail systems and an example given was two different persons, say:
Joe Don - email joe.don@xxx.com Jo Edon - email jo.edon@xxx.com
And according to Google, all these are the same person! NOT RIGHT according to RFC's!
./Ok3ch
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Brian Ngure <brian@pixie.co.ke> wrote:
Hi Okech,
What GMail are saying is that both address (with and without the dot) are mapped to your account. You can sign in to your account using any of the following: signmein@gmail.com sign.me.in@gmail.com signme.in@gmail.com sign.mein@gmail.com All above point to signmein@gmail.com
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
All,
I have just received an email meant for someone else only difference between my address is a dot (.) character and Google insists its my address, and upon further check, I come across this articled -
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=10313#
Google expressedly says they do not recognize the dot (.) character in any email address - Isn't this trying to re-write the rules that govern mail transmissions as covered in the RFC's, which specifically allows the dot (.) as a legitimate character?
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