I have come across many weird porn videos, gore etc. but a few times I have come across something that isn’t that disturbing but uncanny. A random login page on a dark web site, a random comment on some sports blog seemingly written to conceal something. What are the things you have seen?

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My husband and I share an email account for bills, which is (his name).and.(my name)@gmail. For some reason we also get the email of some other people with our names, and when you look at the to header, it’s just our names without the periods, so for some reason we get email for people in Australia and Missouri who share our names, it’s just some Gmail glitch. I get their Walmart orders and soccer team schedule and emails about their apartment they are selling, etc. So maybe it’s that.

    • Doug [he/him]@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      I can actually explain that.

      Gmail will ignore periods and things after a plus sign.

      So if we assume my name in so if you have Man.And.Wife@gmail it’s the same as ManAndWife@gmail as well as M.a.n.A.n.d.W.i.f.e@gmail or anything in between.

      You could also use ManAndWife+roebuck@gmail if you wanted to filter out the emails you get from a defunct retailer.

      It’s all very useful for categorizing emails and tracking down who is selling your email address to spam lists