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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by jaredwiener on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:13PM (#24307375)
Likewise -- I fall firmly into this XKCD https://xkcd.com/1279/

My e-doppelgängers have priced cars across the state of Ohio, been active in the PTA, pursued higher education in Germany, and seems to always be interested in commercial real estate in the outer boroughs of NYC.

Though once -- I received an email asking me to please just apologize to my sister already.

I replied, "I think you have the wrong email address; I don't have a sister."

I saw a response -- "HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT? Your mother is crying." I thought it best to just walk away at that point.

Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by liquidgecka on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:40PM (#24307717)
Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by fishtacos on Saturday August 29, 2020 @08:00AM (#24315488)
Never thought it'd happen to me, having come across this topic before, but I'm happy to say I can join this club.

It's the same guy, who works in a Eastern European country, where I emigrated from.

The first instance, he was asking his supervisor to use his vacation time so he and family could make a trip to Mecca for Hajj. I chuckled and ignored it.

Second time random picture of some massive metal parts from what looked like some factory he works at.

Third time was this year, very recently and I received a pretty unnecessarily detailed email about how he had to turn back home because he had soiled himself while driving to work... That one made me worry he had gotten Covid.

I guess I'm this guy's boss now.