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Re:*@gmail.com by vvillena on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:32AM (#37335014)
It's a problem when using email to register into a different site. Services without email validation will happily accept those two addresses separately, because they don't adhere to Gmail's internal conventions. If the site then sends mail to its registered accounts, then the Gmail address will receive unwanted mail.
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Re:*@gmail.com by xigoi on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:35AM (#37335039)
Why would you register with an e-mail address that's not yours in the first place?
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Re:*@gmail.com by dredmorbius on Thursday August 31, 2023 @07:04AM (#37335321)
You may be stunned and astounded to discover that This Actually Happens.

(Examples include both Gmail and other systems.)

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12025091>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12027598>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17284211>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36756201>

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Re:*@gmail.com by Izkata on Thursday August 31, 2023 @08:06AM (#37335882)
In my case, a few years ago, it was a user who didn't understand the difference between Twitter and Gmail.
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Re:*@gmail.com by numpad0 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @08:21AM (#37336050)
There are horrible people who loves the idea of being able to use someone else's identities. Not just made up but stolen. I - I don't want to know why, nor what they're normally thinking.
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Re:*@gmail.com by xigoi on Thursday August 31, 2023 @08:26AM (#37336110)
How would dot sensitivity prevent that?
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