Two people can't have the same email, right?

aliasojo

InsideInsurance wrote: »

It could also be that they used to own the email address you have but stopped using it and so it lapsed and you then registered it. Given the email appear to be about current enquiries this seems less likely unless you only just registered the address.

I've had the same email for many years. Used to be .com until Hotmail offered .co.uk, whenever that was.

Lum

As an aside, if anyone does actually need a fake email to sign up for spam. Don't just pluck one out of the air that may actually belong to some poor sod. Got to 10minutemail.com or get the Bloody Vikings! extension for Firefox and use one of theirs.

These are also useful when you need to provide an email to get a registration password, but you just know they will spam it afterwards. The email address remains live and readable for 10 minutes so you can get the useful stuff and then never see the spam.

paddyrg

Lucero wrote: »

Eh? It's possible but complicated for two people to have the same email address? No, it's not. It's impossible.

Couple of caveats -

1) family email addresses like 'thexyzfamily@example.com' may be shared (but by people who are in the same family/whatever)
2) group aliases 'team@example.com' which resolves to several email accounts

Or, the one that drives me nuts...
3) secondhand domains - one of my domains was pre-loved by someone else who surrendered it. Every few days I get an automated email from some system or other they signed upto with the address but which won't let me unsubscribe as I don't know their passwords they signed up with.

Reggie_Rebel

Google are bad for this.

I have the email address reggie.rebel@gmail.com and often get emails for reggierebel@googlemail.com.

Google are aware of it but can't/won't do anything about it

AlecEiffel

Sollytear wrote: »

gmail.com and googlemail.com is a common one too

Google reserved Gmail addresses for anyone on a Googlemail address. You will get emails sent to either as the actual Google account name is the part before the @.

Sharon87

Well if you've got the phone number on his booking, phone him up. And say I've been receiving half your email! Do you want them? It's the same as people getting letters addressed to your home address, if you have contact details for them you can contact them and say 'here's your mail'

Then you point out the mistake and he might be more careful in the future

aliasojo

Sharon87 wrote: »

Well if you've got the phone number on his booking, phone him up. And say I've been receiving half your email! Do you want them? It's the same as people getting letters addressed to your home address, if you have contact details for them you can contact them and say 'here's your mail'

Then you point out the mistake and he might be more careful in the future

Actually did try that. Number dialled ok but then silence, so who knows.

agrinnall

As several people have pointed out it is certainly possible with gmail, I don't use hotmail but wouldn't be surprised if something similar could happen there. I've also come across the .com and .co.uk issue with yahoo mail in the past.

kwikbreaks

aliasojo wrote: »

Actually did try that. Number dialled ok but then silence, so who knows.

Probably put the wrong phone number in the form as well as the wrong email...

wongataa

Reggie_Rebel wrote: »

Google are bad for this.

I have the email address [EMAIL="reggie.rebel@gmail.com"]reggie.rebel@gmail.com[/EMAIL] and often get emails for [EMAIL="reggierebel@googlemail.com"]reggierebel@googlemail.com[/EMAIL].

Google are aware of it but can't/won't do anything about it

Reggie,
In Google's email system those adresses are identical.