Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
by sixothree on Friday August 28, 2020 @03:11PM
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I am convinced someone with a gmail address similar to mine is causing me issues. I think at one time gmail may have considered dots differently. Because I was getting emails for an account that was clearly not mine. But the email address had a dot and the domain was not .com.
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There's a difference between the address in the "To" field of an email and the "envelope recipient" that actually controls the delivery of the message. The "To" field is never used for delivery, and in fact an email will be delivered perfectly well even if there's nothing in it. That's why you can Bcc everybody and they all still get the message.