email address mixup

downshifter

Dear all, I have a gmail address which I have had for absolutely years, it is just [EMAIL="firstnamelastname@gmail.com"]firstnamelastname@gmail.com[/EMAIL]. (eg [EMAIL="fredbassett@gmail.com"]fredbassett@gmail.com[/EMAIL]) I first had a problem with it when someone gave out the same names but followed by googlemail.com to people presumably without registering it first. Obviously the googlemail version also comes to me so I had fun and games emailing her and her correspondents to sort it out. Now I've started receiving emails which are the same first name with the letter e (presumably their middle name) then last name (eg [EMAIL="fredebassett@gmail.com"]fredebassett@gmail.com[/EMAIL]). They're nothing to do with me and are obviously about work from and to companies in the US. I keep sending them back, as well as forwarding to the correct address but still they come.

Is this likely to be a known problem with gmail? I've never heard of it. I could understand if someone mistyped but looking at the email papertrail I can see people have done a straight reply. What worries me is that they might also get mine!!!!:eek:

If this is a known glitch I'll just have to change my email address though I don't want to as i was the original and lots of people know it. I would email google but can't imagine I would get any sort of response. Are there any options you can think of?

Thanks

DS

Mista_C

If the other person has configured their (e) email account in an email client they may have set the reply-to address to (firstnamelastname@) instead of firstnameElastname@ so any email they send will have a reply to address which is yours.

JustPassingBy

downshifter wrote: »

If this is a known glitch I'll just have to change my email address though I don't want to as i was the original and lots of people know it. I would email google but can't imagine I would get any sort of response. Are there any options you can think of?

Some nifty things can be done with gmail addresses but I don't think this is one of them. The extra 'e' should relate to a completely account.

Anyway, it's not really your problem. fredebasset should be concerned about losing mail. Provided you have informed them I would set up a filter to skip the inbox and delete it. It will go into bin.