On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:Now this makes some sense to me. I think Google strips off everything before the dot and uses the remaining part of the prefix.I have always received e-mails addressed to *.odhiambo@gmail.com and always wondered.Are you certain? I think they only strip off the . which I think is acceptable - it is factored in when checking for available names.