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Re:Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law by thwest on Sunday September 09, 2012 @08:31PM (#4497658)
Early first.last@gmail accounts had firstlast@gmail reserved for them. Google stopped doing that a few years after launch.
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Re:Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law by awakeasleep on Sunday September 09, 2012 @10:56PM (#4498066)
Are you certain? Im under the impression periods in email addresses, anywhere, do not affect delivery

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/1-awesome-gmail-tip-you-dont-kn...

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Re:Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law by akldfgj on Monday September 10, 2012 @12:59AM (#4498382)
Periods in gmail addresses to not affect delivery. other mail servers may behave differently.
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Re:Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law by llimllib on Sunday September 09, 2012 @09:29PM (#4497831)
I had no idea they stopped doing that! That seems a pretty serious change of model, I'm glad I know it now.
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Re:Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law by akldfgj on Monday September 10, 2012 @01:14AM (#4498407)
They didn't stop.
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Re:Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law by taejo on Monday September 10, 2012 @04:23AM (#4498835)
I thought it was the other way around: mail to [email protected] will be delivered to [email protected] unless [email protected] was registered early on.
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