More information from about gmail addresses: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html

Well, the other Jane Doe wasn't happy that I was receiving her emails.

I get a lot of emails for other mynames all over the world! My assumption is that the sender has the name correct but mispelled the email because my email address is the simplest version, firstname.lastname@gmail.com

If it seems like confidential or important information, I will email the sender back and tell them they have the wrong me. I have received credit card statements, emails from grandma, job performance reviews, interview invitations, adult personals like Ashley Madison, and for the same person that got the Ashley Madison stuff, later on, divorce paperwork! There is one preacher’s wife with my name in California, she belongs to the type of church that believes women are firmly subservient to men and gets a lot of invitations for prayer circles and Bible study.

This experience has made me absolutely despise services like Mary Kay where you have to login to unsubscribe. I have to use the block function liberally.

This is interesting. I wouldn't think google would issue another account to the person who chose the same addie as me?

I don't think they did. I have a "." in my name too. It is essentially ignored by most systems, but makes it easier to read/recall.

I don't understand....if I had a gmail addie first, how did the other Jane doe get the same one?

Robo...the other Jane doe was getting 'important mail' from 31 gifts (?). It took me numerous emails to unsubscribe, crazy long process.

That doesn't make sense, since janedoe@gmail.com and jane.doe@gmail.com are essentially the same email address. There were no other characters in the other email address?? Did you actually correspond with the other janedoe?

Had to laugh because I did just get email for another first name dot last name who apparently is on local milf selfies!! Hahaha!

My spam folder is full of emails with subjects like Hi, I have been trying to reach you, and Congratulations! Claim your $100 Walgreens gift card that gmail has identified as being likely spam. I think that I've seen some MILF stuff in the past too.

Is she getting your emails? How do you know that she isn't?

How to Use the Infinite Number of Email Addresses Gmail Gives You

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Jul 23, 2014 - One trick you may or may not have picked up about Gmail is that you can add in periods anywhere in the front part of your address and it makes no difference whatsoever: john.smith@gmail.com works just the same as johnsmith@gmail.com. What's more, you can add a plus sign and any word before the

I have known about being able to add periods anywhere in the first part of the address, but I didn't know about the + sign tip. That can come in very handy.

Terriks, I imagine there is even more in the body of the story. I was just googling for a third party to underscore what you and i both said. The use of periods in email addresses is immaterial.

Actually the use of periods in gmail and most other provider's addresses is immaterial. This article mentions that they do count in Outlook, Yahoo mail, and maybe some others.

yes, sorry, i was responding to this post, which is about gmail

No problem. We are both trying to clear this up.

What's an MILF? (Mother in law friend? Probably not.)

My gmail account is actually my prime email account, as my ISP seems to constantly change and I got tired of having to notify one and all of e-mail addy switches. I didn't go the firstnamelastname route, however. It's nice, simple and short, (and not a word), unlikely to get "dotted".

That doesn't make sense, since janedoe@gmail.com and jane.doe@gmail.com are essentially the same email address. There were no other characters in the other email address?? Did you actually correspond with the other janedoe?

Yes. No other characters, exactly the same.

I emailed her at her addie, using the dot between Jane and doe. She received that email (I didn't). She seems very nice, I thought she would like the photos of her niece's wedding which I had received.

(milf is an abbreviation for "mother I'd like to f..k", apparently

I learned it when my daughter went to high school here and one of the kids asked her that about me. " Is your mother MILF?" which she naively told me. she was 14 back then so quite a few years ago.

I had all sorts of friends and aquaintances since early age until now lol but talking about mothers was and remains a taboo. So. That attempt of a high school conversation was beyond my experience..I felt like a fish. Fishes don't talk, they just sadly open their mouth, close it again..))

"Derek Depotyn" has spammed elsewhere. (post removed)

I saw Derek's post here and in another forum and the apparently Russian suffix to the link.

When I was chastised for calling out another potential spammer, I thought I'd wait and see ......

Such old and obscure topics btw. This one so far is prstine.

Thanks, salonva. I get called out all the time and funny how those people never ever come back and say, yeah it really was spam.

Thanks Sushi - just flagged.