Does GMail have a catch all feature?
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Hi all,
Does Gmail have some kind of catch all feature? I get e-mail sent to my regular address which is pranav.lal@... but also to pranavlal@.... Is there a way of disabling this feature? Pranav |
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Pranav,
No, because those are not two different addresses (at least not under Gmail, and it's not alone). The best way I can put it is "punctuation doesn't count" as far as a Gmail address goes. You could also send to pr.an.av.lal@... and it would end up in pranavlal@... and pranav.lal@... because all three refer to the same mailbox. You cannot use punctuation to differentiate accounts under Google, all of Google. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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I thought I'd go in search of "the official word from Google" this afternoon, and found it:
Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Hi Brian,
Many thanks for finding the authoritative source. This is a major annoyance for me because a large chunk of spam that I am getting is on my non-dotted address.
Oh well, time to step up the migration.
Pranav
From: chat@nvda.groups.io <chat@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 11:14 PM To: chat@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [chat] Does GMail have a catch all feature?
I thought I'd go in search of "the official word from Google" this afternoon, and found it: Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Well, isn't Gmail sending it straight to Spam? If it isn't, a few activations of the spam designation button on actual spam messages tends to train the Gmail filter pretty darned quickly.
-- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Brian's Mail list account
Yes another pain I'd forgotten about under gmail grin.
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Brian -- bglists@... Sent via blueyonder.(Virgin media) Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Vogel" <britechguy@...> To: <chat@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2022 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [chat] Does GMail have a catch all feature? Pranav, No, because those are not two different addresses (at least not under Gmail, and it's not alone). The best way I can put it is "punctuation doesn't count" as far as a Gmail address goes. You could also send to pr.an.av.lal@... and it would end up in pranavlal@... and pranav.lal@... ( pranav.lal@... ) because all three refer to the same mailbox. You cannot use punctuation to differentiate accounts under Google, all of Google. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 *Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.* ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Brian's Mail list account
I guess if you used pop3 to collect the mail you could filter it any way you liked. I tend to do this on the pc using a client but still leave it as standard on the phone simply deleting anything left after the automove of the mail when pop3 is also used.
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As I have said before, though very reliable email, Googles differences to the way other email systems work can be rather disconcerting. Brian -- bglists@... Sent via blueyonder.(Virgin media) Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav@...> To: <chat@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [chat] Does GMail have a catch all feature? Hi Brian, Many thanks for finding the authoritative source. This is a major annoyance for me because a large chunk of spam that I am getting is on my non-dotted address. Oh well, time to step up the migration. Pranav From: chat@nvda.groups.io <chat@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 11:14 PM To: chat@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [chat] Does GMail have a catch all feature? I thought I'd go in search of "the official word from Google" this afternoon, and found it: <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en> Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 03:47 AM, Brian's Mail list account wrote:
Yes another pain I'd forgotten about under gmail grin.- One man's pain is another's "Thank Heavens!" in this case. I certainly wouldn't want someone to be able to get what is, for all practical intents and purposes, what looks like an email address I've already had for years by inserting a dot in it somewhere. I always have thought this policy and practice makes infinite sense. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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matthew dyer
So, just a question, but if I were to send amessage to my matthew.dyer83@... address and I forgot to add the dot for example, matthewdyer83@..., would I still receive it or is this translated as a different address? Thanks. Just wondered since we are talking about it.
Matthew
On 10/3/2022 10:59 AM, Brian Vogel
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Matthew,
As Google itself states: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses Even if you use matthew.dyer83 behind the scenes that boils down to matthewdyer83. So does mat.the.w.dy.er.83. Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses. Your account, as far as gmail is concerned, is matthewdyer83. You can stick dots in that wherever you like and, behind the scenes, it's still matthewdyer83. Dotted addresses and the undotted version are all one and the same thing to Gmail. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Nimer Jaber
I want to add that I am also one who appreciates this feature. It is a great way to filter out emails from individuals you minimally trust. Another tip is to add the plus sign, followed by any phrase at the end of your email address, before the @gmail.com. I do this for each company I sign up for. This way, I can easily set up filters to catch such emails, and I immediately know where spammers got my email address from. For instance, nimerjaber1@... (my email address) might become nimerjaber1+amazon@... if I am giving Amazon my email address. ALl emails go to the same place, but I can set up filters to move anything with '+amazon' in the 'To' field into an Amazon label, and subsequently either archive or delete any such emails. Thanks. On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 10:22 AM Brian Vogel <britechguy@...> wrote: Matthew, --
Best, Nimer Jaber Check out and subscribe to BlindTechAdventures in podcast audio form on YouTube for the latest happenings in tech. Thank you, and have a great day! |
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Nimer,
I was unaware that you could append a plus sign plus whatever to your email address and still have it resolve correctly! I've been using Gmail almost since the day it hit the streets and had never heard about this. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Yep, I do this to circumvent the one email per twitter account at times. I also did this for my school. I actually never thought of filters, I could do that at least for the incoming stuff for my marrie12 plus aliases if I can remember them. I love those, they have come in handy for all 3 of my gmail accounts, or is it 4 now that I use.
From: chat@nvda.groups.io <chat@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Nimer Jaber
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 12:01 PM To: chat@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [chat] Does GMail have a catch all feature?
I want to add that I am also one who appreciates this feature. It is a great way to filter out emails from individuals you minimally trust. Another tip is to add the plus sign, followed by any phrase at the end of your email address, before the @gmail.com. I do this for each company I sign up for. This way, I can easily set up filters to catch such emails, and I immediately know where spammers got my email address from. For instance, nimerjaber1@... (my email address) might become nimerjaber1+amazon@... if I am giving Amazon my email address. ALl emails go to the same place, but I can set up filters to move anything with '+amazon' in the 'To' field into an Amazon label, and subsequently either archive or delete any such emails.
Thanks.
On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 10:22 AM Brian Vogel <britechguy@...> wrote:
-- Best, Check out and subscribe to BlindTechAdventures in podcast audio form on YouTube for the latest happenings in tech.
You can follow @nimerjaber on Twitter for the latest technology news. Thank you, and have a great day! |
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This has actually been around since I can remember, since about 2007 or so. It really does come in handy. See prior post. I have had this very email since 2006 if I recall, and I really love what gmail has become.
From: chat@nvda.groups.io <chat@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 1:02 PM To: chat@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [chat] Does GMail have a catch all feature?
Nimer, Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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