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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by djtriptych on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:18PM (#24307431)
almost positive 6 is the minimum character length for gmail addresses.
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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by liquidgecka on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:36PM (#24307656)
See my comment above.. It is, I was a Gmail SRE that could circumvent the restrictions on that. =)
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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by ahauxuueei on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:29PM (#24307566)
almost positive 5 + 5 > 6
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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by liquidgecka on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:42PM (#24307741)
nono.. its a single word that is common as a first and last name. There are a BUNCH of cases where its applicable! =)

But yea, 5 characters. I was an early gmail SRE so I was able to circumvent the restrictions. =)

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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by anticensor on Friday August 28, 2020 @05:18PM (#24310079)
Was it <[email protected]> ?
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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by liquidgecka on Saturday August 29, 2020 @12:49AM (#24313642)
No.. but iirc I made that one at one point before abandoning it.
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