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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by igravious on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:27PM (#14727264)
1) there are 7 billion of us

2) we share surnames

3) yes, why not?

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by semi-extrinsic on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:58PM (#14727395)
How does 2) work out realistically?

Say your last name is Zhang. Do you start an email thread with the other 100 million people named Zhang?

What if your last name is Nike? Mills? Ford?

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