Gmail Behavior

Hi Everyone,

I am not sure what would be right place for this post.

I was just told by a friend, that if I have my gmail id let say abcdefg@gmail.com and I go to login in google.

Instead of providing my id as abcdefg if I give it as a.b.c.d.e.f.g and I provide my correct password. Then the google will take me to my account.

I tested this and he was right, he said google ignores all the dots (.) .

I was wondering what is actual reason behind it

. Is it functional decision or it is a limitation with google ?

Shailesh

what i once heard was that this was a design feature of google mail. You could have your main address of "abcde@gmail.com", and you give that to your friends.

When you register on a website, you can give it "abc.de@google.com". If you need to register on a suspicious site you think may send you spam, you can register as "a.b.c.d.e@google.com".

If you track such things, you can then determine who sold your email to spammer, and also set up filters, sending all mail sent to a.b.c.d.e to your trash can.

fred rosenberger wrote:what i once heard was that this was a design feature of google mail.

Interesting feature

Thanks Fred

Shailesh