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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Gmail does not recognize periods although IIRC way back in the day it may have allowed my.name@gmail.com and myname@gmail.com to register accounts individually.

Used to be a way for hackers to steal accounts as mail sent to m.y.n.a.m.e@gmail.com will go to myname@gmail.com

I didn't know that!!!!

I've been using my address as lastname.firstname@gmail.com for all these years without knowing that!