Re:The joys of owning an ‘OG’ email account
by Washuu on Thursday September 03, 2020 @11:55AM
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I have {Hacker News Username} back when Gmail started. Consequently I get a lot of emails in Japanese and airline travel itineraries. I had to add an extra U on the end to meet the six character minimum.(Technically it's Washū in Hepburn, but uu is accepted.) I also get a bunch of Washington State University junk.
One of my Gmail addresses is <my first name>@gmail.com and I never get interesting titbits intended for other people.
Mind you, it probably helps that my first name and surname are pretty unusual. I've also got <my first name>@yandex.com, <my surname>@yandex.com, plus the <my first name>.net and <my surname>.net domain names. So I've pretty much cornered the market in being uniquely identifiable online, for anyone who knows me.
Hmmm... maybe I should se if <my surname>@gmail.com is available, just to really tie up the loose ends!
UPDATE: Hmmm... <my surname>@gmail.com has already been taken, so I can't complete the set. Chances are I actually set it up myself a long while back and then never bothered to use it, but I'm buggered if I can remember the password.