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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by boring_twenties on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:53PM (#24307888)
Yeah that's not going to help. I've got a guy using my email address for close to a decade. When it started, he was a high school student ordering lacrosse equipment. More recently he was buying a house -- I received the contract.

If my email is [email protected], his is [email protected].

You'd think 10 years would be enough time to learn the difference, but nope.

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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by RandomBacon on Friday August 28, 2020 @04:13PM (#24309427)
That's when you start embarassing the person.

A group of students included my email address in their project discussion. They ignored my emails asking to remove my address. So I started replying as if I was a part of their project, but requested/suggested slightly stupid things. They figured it out real fast after that.

If you have the person's actual email, CC him on all that. If not, include a note saying your a different John Doe and to please remind the John Doe they want to reach, to use his own email address.

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