Try this simple test and you will understand the bug
Send email to yourself by replacing username below with your email username and see how many emails you get in your INBox. You will find that some emails do get deliver but some don't. if Gmail ignores dot in the username then why don't you get all the following emails sent to your Inbox? THIS IS DEFINETELY A BUG
1. username@gmail.com
2. user.name@gmail.com
3. u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com
4. us.er.na.me@gmail.com
5. use.rna.me@gmail.com
Try this simple test and you will understand the bug Send email to yourself by replacing username below with your email username and see how many emails you get in your INBox. You will find that some emails do get deliver but some don't. if Gmail ignores dot in the username then why don't you get all the following emails sent to your Inbox? THIS IS DEFINETELY A BUG 1. username@gmail.com 2. user.name@gmail.com 3. u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com 4. us.er.na.me@gmail.com 5. use.rna.me@gmail.com