Weird gmail issue...

[Mr. Lennon]

So I own both firstnamelastname@gmail.com and firstname.lastname@gmail.com Even after I have cleared cache, cookies, everything...if I log into firstnamelastname@gmail.com, I am automatically logged into firstname.lastname@gmail.com. This is really weird because last week I logged into firstnamelastname@gmail.com and there was nothing (made the account years ago and forgot about it until now...always thought someone else had the name lol).

So I'm super stumped as to how Gmail is seeing these two accounts as one. I can log into both accounts with the same password. No matter what...I'm always logged into firstname.lastname@gmail.com. 😕

 

[zanejohnson]

Gmail has some issues..I'm battling one ATM where no matter what I do android market...which uses Gmail login info...it just will not recognize both my android devices....its frustrating..having to find apk files in alternative places all the time...basically pirating apps

 

[Mr. Lennon]

That sounds pretty shitty and weird. I would start a whole new gmail account and see if the problems still exist.

I'm just glad I own the gmail without a . in it. I just sent a email to the firstnameusername@gmail.com and sure enough it was received at firstname.lastname@gmail.com. I never setup forwarding on that account either.

 

[cronos]

It has always been like this ever since GMail started. In fact it's regarded as one of the features. Dots in the middle don't count. You can try by adding more dots in the middle. It will still go to the account without any dots.

You must have mistaken when you said last week you login to the other account and there was nothing in there.

Edit: I found the post in the official GMail support website regarding this:

http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10313#

Sometimes you may receive a message sent to an address that looks like yours but has a different number or arrangement of periods. While we know it might be unnerving if you think someone else's mail is being routed to your account, don't worry: both of these addresses are yours.

Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they'll all go to your inbox, and only yours. In short:

homerjsimpson@gmail.com = hom.er.j.sim.ps.on@gmail.com
homerjsimpson@gmail.com = HOMERJSIMPSON@gmail.com
homerjsimpson@gmail.com = Homer.J.Simpson@gmail.com
All these addresses belong to the same person. You can see this if you try to sign in with your username, but adding or removing a dot from it. You'll still go to your account.

 

[Colt45]

^that. If the only difference between your accounts is a period, it never happened, and you've only had one account. Barring some sort of bug. Gmail ignores dots.

 

[busydude]

Op, stop living in denial.

 

[lxskllr]

Gmail has some issues..I'm battling one ATM where no matter what I do android market...which uses Gmail login info...it just will not recognize both my android devices....its frustrating..having to find apk files in alternative places all the time...basically pirating apps

Why don't you get them on the device that works, and then manually transfer them to the one that doesn't. Still a PITA, but more secure than using untrusted repositories.

 

[edro]

I had the same issue a while back and just thought I had lost my mind.
I tried logging in as first.last and it took me straight to firstlast.

This totally makes sense now.

 

[Jesta]

Have had the same problem since gmail first came about. Someone else had my name without the . and I had it with. I constantly get all this persons email. It baffles me how he would continue to use that address for things (student loan info, hotel reservations) and not wonder why he never gets any of the confirmations.

 

[Blieb]

As cronos pointed out, the . is irrelevant when sending and receiving emails.
It is a known way to have multiple twitter accounts.

myName, my.name, m.y.name, etc.

 

[shortylickens]

This is a feature.
Its really old.

Jesus does nobody ever read their helpful tips page? They force you to look at it at least once a year or whenever they make major changes!

 

[KidNiki1]

yeah, i have the.lastnamenumber@gmail.com and there is someone else out in CA or something that has thelastnamenumber@gmail.com. i get all sorts of invites to his college alma mater events. >.>

i wonder if he gets any of my emails...

 

[edro]

Have had the same problem since gmail first came about. Someone else had my name without the . and I had it with. I constantly get all this persons email. It baffles me how he would continue to use that address for things (student loan info, hotel reservations) and not wonder why he never gets any of the confirmations.

Whoa. How was that possible?
Whose password works?

 

[cronos]

Have had the same problem since gmail first came about. Someone else had my name without the . and I had it with. I constantly get all this persons email. It baffles me how he would continue to use that address for things (student loan info, hotel reservations) and not wonder why he never gets any of the confirmations.

If you read my reply above, this someone else does not actually have your name without the dot (because it's impossible), he just thinks he does.

And I understand your confusion because I'm experiencing the same thing myself. You won't believe how many people in the world think that <my AT nickname>@gmail.com is their e-mail address. Half of them never cared about checking and kept giving it out as theirs (I have received some personal pictures that people sent out - nothing interesting, btw), registered their gamestop reward account, playstation network, opened up social media accounts, etc with it, while the other half consistently trying to reset the password because they couldn't login. I just filtered these so they go to trash right away.