Re:Belgian man has been receiving pizzas he never ordered fo...
by raverbashing on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:54PM
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Yeah so much this
I wonder how many people think that if they're called "John Smith" that Google will a) just make the email for them and b) that they're the only John Smith around the town/state/country
And even if you validate, what'll most likely happen is that people will still type the wrong email then get angry the system didn't guess their correct email
sigh
At least my name is pretty rare, but I've occasionally gotten emails to some with the same first name (think company LDAP email completion)
Re:Belgian man has been receiving pizzas he never ordered fo...
by markdown on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:23PM
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I'm in exactly the same boat. I was around when Microsoft launched Outlook.com email addresses and managed to snag [email protected]. I have a very common english name.
I received private emails from all over the world. When I started I'd reply to each one to explain the situation, but it all became too much and now I just delete it or create filters to send it to junk.
Maybe because this was all in Europe, when I said "you have the wrong email address," the agency actually replied that I was right, and I never heard from them again.
People have signed up for Skype and Instagram accounts with my email address.
I've gotten an email intended for my brother.
I get notifications from a pharmacy for a 60+ year old Dutch woman.
I got a hotel booking confirmation with enough information in it to manage the reservation. An ex-colleague works for the OTA who sent it, so I mentioned it and said they need to validate emails. He knew about the problem, and it's somewhere in their backlog.
Validate email addresses, people! There are hidden customer service and legal costs if you don't.