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Gmail isnt that smart....see for yourself?

October 14, 2006

I recently discovered something very unusual about the gmail email id.

Suppose that if you have a gmail id by the name of carljohnson@gmail.com,then it is same as carl.johnson@gmail.com and even same as c.a.r.l.j.o.h.n.s.o.n@gmail.com,yes this is true there is ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE between these 3 ids.Ah, now i know you want to check them yourselves....go on....

The reason for this is that the gmail server does not recognise the dot(.) character and so this kind of thing occurs.

And yes one more thing, one more name for your e-mail id would be carl.johnson@googlemail.com

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posted by Kartik at 12:16 AM | Permalink |

13 Comments:

At 11:33 PM, Anonymous

didnt work for me dude!!

At 11:33 PM, tosh_mine

didnt work for me too dude!!

At 3:40 AM, Anonymous

Hi,I m using your site from few time. I got here good knowlodge.This is really good website but sir i have a gmail account that is diwakerkalla@gmail.com
whenever i use . within any character then is shows username nd passwaord not match plz try again.
waiting your reply.
Diwaker

At 4:33 PM, Anil

Hmm.. so thats why it showed a particular ID i was looking for as taken.

If you care for a few more tricks.. specially search engine ones.. gimme a buzz on my gmail - 'anil.verve'

Ta

At 6:43 PM, Anonymous

dude ur right..
that totally works.. its so cool

At 10:36 AM, vivekk

hey friend.
where from do u find all such things.
hats off to you...dost.
regards
vicky bhati

At 10:37 AM, vivekk

hey friend..

hats off to you,

by the way where from do u get all these

gr888888888

regards

vicky bhati

At 1:50 AM, Kartik

@vicky

Thanks for your words of appreciation.

At 11:54 AM, Aditi

Hi;in evry 6 to 8monthsi face problems with my yahoo id as the website says tht my passward is incorrect.Due to this very problem i had to actually make a new id everytime but tht makes me lose the track of my old email accounts.Can u help me here.
-Aditi

At 6:37 PM, Kartik

@aditi

Is it that you dont login in to your account for very long ?And why do you make a new id each time ?
You should simply go for the password retrieval feature that is available.It will just ask you your secret question and answer and you can easily retrieve your password.

At 11:24 AM, Rohit

not working dude :(

At 12:09 PM, Kartik

@Rohit

This does not work for only those ppl who have a . in their gmail id.For example if you have an id like david.jones@gmail.com then this trick wont work for you.
This works only for those people who have an email id without a dot in it like davidjones@gmail.com

At 11:40 AM, Anonymous

You are right dude...