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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by kome on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:42PM (#16835150)
Well, it's Google that behaves in non-standard way. Let's say that the user verified the email by mistake: the error and misunderstanding is created by google nonstandard particles, not PayPal.
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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by vatueil on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @01:14AM (#16864815)
Not at all. Imagine if "myemail" and "my.email" were different accounts: that would result in much more confusion and mis-addressed emails.

It's not as if simply making a typo and entering the wrong email address doesn't happen, either.

Also the relevant standards leave it up to the email host how to handle dots, so it's not even non-standard.

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