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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by pc86 on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:44PM (#24307764)
> But what mystifies me is how these people keep going for years without ever realising they aren't getting account transaction emails (from their banks), notifications of stock trades, even OTP emails etc.

Because they never received the first one, so it's not abnormal to miss the n emails after that.

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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by edgarvaldes on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:32PM (#24308399)
I think this is the real answer. For those people there is no disruption in communication, because it never begins in the first place.
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