[geeks] favorite im client?

[der Mouse]

>> I've been told that gmail ignores any dots in the local-part.  If
>> true, you'll get mail to fir.stna.melas.tn.am.e at gmail.com too.
> So they ignore dots in the local-part, then (as we've heard) give out
> email addresses that differ only in dots in the local-part.

I hadn't heard the last part of that.  If this means that (eg) foo.bar@
is available to a new user even if foobar@ is already taken, then yes,
it pretty obviously is a recipe for disaster.  Is that what you mean?

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