Ask HN: Gmail – getting emails intended for others

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23348133
by dirtydroog • 6 years ago
1 1 6 years ago

It appears my name and middle initial are extremely common. To date, in my gmail account I've received highly personal emails intended for other people. They're not spam or phishing emails either. These include:

- police reports

- job offers

- draft divorce settlements

- bills

- sea cadet schedules

It's probably due to gmail ignoring delimiters in email addresses, but are these emails being sent to all variations of the email address? When it's something like a job offer I do notify the sender that they've got the wrong email address, but this is all a bit concerning.

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