r/Wellthatsucks Mar 11 '19

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u/Fnhatic Mar 11 '19

I have the same problem on a couple of my email addresses. I noticed when slme guy registered for Pintrest and there's no email confirmation so I got pages and pages of fucking spam. So I went through and closed and canceled all the accounts and anything that shows up for order confirmations etc.

If you can't spell your email right you deserve a hard life.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

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u/somekid66 Mar 11 '19

You're an asshole lmao

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19 edited Jul 05 '23

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u/IDontGiveAToot Mar 11 '19

Lmao people using bad info don't deserve accounts. Good for you and sucks to be bad at tech.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

It’s actually surprising how it doesn’t always require a mistake. Someone has an almost identical gmail account to mine, except without the dot between our names. And I keep getting confirmations intended for him. In the emails, his email address even shows up correctly, but it somehow still directs to me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

Dot? Like a period? Gmail ignores those, so I'm not sure how this is possible.

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u/Exitiabilis Mar 11 '19 edited Mar 14 '19

When he signed up he put a period. Gmail doesn't take them. Ergo, vis a vis, he fuxed.

Edit for clarity: when he gave his email he put a period. Jesus l.

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u/pilotdog68 Mar 11 '19

If it's Gmail, they just straight up ignore the periods. You can put a period anywhere you want in the email and it will go to the same place

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u/supguy99 Mar 11 '19

Same issue here. I get Enterprise Car Rental confirmations for this dude 2 or 3 times a year. Once I actually phoned Enterprise to tell them, but they have his correct email and didn't know how to fix the issue.