Exactly. Make no mistake, the Justice Department's decision not to pursue a breakup of Microsoft was a big wet kiss from Bush. In Sept 2001, right before the world changed, the Bush administration pledged to end the antitrust case against Microsoft "as quickly as possible." Not surprising from an administration that's been one of the most corporate-friendly in recent memory. Face it, the Bush administration would of never initiated antitrust proceedings against Microsoft, and it washed its hands of this Clintonian legacy as quickly as it could.
Well, that may be the case NOW, but for a long time after gmail FIRST opened, like the first few months, a person could register blah@gmail.com while another seperate person could register bla.h@gmail.com. When bla.h@gmail.com could send out e-mail, reply's would go to blah@gmail. Account's created during this time period that had this problem have never been fixed -- and this situation has never been addressed by Google.
Well, that may be the case NOW, but if you would do some research you would also realize that this wasn't always the case! For a long time after gmail FIRST opened, like the first few months, a person could register blah@gmail.com while another person could register bla.h@gmail.com
Google has NEVER admitted this error.
When gmail first opened I registered the address blah@gmail.com
About a year later, I started to receive all these strange e-mails that were obviously not addressed to me. I come to find out that someone had registered the address bla.h@gmail.com. They would send out e-mails to folks, and when they responded the e-mail went to my account and not to bla.h's account. I've also heard that Gmail's developers had the bright idea of trying to eliminate the concept of "bounced" mail. They believed they could build a system that could accurately guess, based on algarithums and patterns, the address the e-mail was intended to if a person typed in the wrong address. I think they have actually played around with this a bit... for a while I could send an e-mail to blahz@gmail.com or blahs@gmail and it would "guess" that the e-mail was actually meant for blah@gmail.com. It was guessing what the real intended address was to auto-deliver e-mail's with typos. A kind of "Did You Mean?" feature for e-mail.
In my humble opinion, Google needs to fix these problems if they want their e-mail service to be taken serious.
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Exactly. Make no mistake, the Justice Department's decision not to pursue a breakup of Microsoft was a big wet kiss from Bush. In Sept 2001, right before the world changed, the Bush administration pledged to end the antitrust case against Microsoft "as quickly as possible." Not surprising from an administration that's been one of the most corporate-friendly in recent memory. Face it, the Bush administration would of never initiated antitrust proceedings against Microsoft, and it washed its hands of this Clintonian legacy as quickly as it could.
Well, that may be the case NOW, but for a long time after gmail FIRST opened, like the first few months, a person could register blah@gmail.com while another seperate person could register bla.h@gmail.com. When bla.h@gmail.com could send out e-mail, reply's would go to blah@gmail. Account's created during this time period that had this problem have never been fixed -- and this situation has never been addressed by Google.
Well, that may be the case NOW, but if you would do some research you would also realize that this wasn't always the case! For a long time after gmail FIRST opened, like the first few months, a person could register blah@gmail.com while another person could register bla.h@gmail.com Google has NEVER admitted this error.
When gmail first opened I registered the address blah@gmail.com About a year later, I started to receive all these strange e-mails that were obviously not addressed to me. I come to find out that someone had registered the address bla.h@gmail.com. They would send out e-mails to folks, and when they responded the e-mail went to my account and not to bla.h's account. I've also heard that Gmail's developers had the bright idea of trying to eliminate the concept of "bounced" mail. They believed they could build a system that could accurately guess, based on algarithums and patterns, the address the e-mail was intended to if a person typed in the wrong address. I think they have actually played around with this a bit... for a while I could send an e-mail to blahz@gmail.com or blahs@gmail and it would "guess" that the e-mail was actually meant for blah@gmail.com. It was guessing what the real intended address was to auto-deliver e-mail's with typos. A kind of "Did You Mean?" feature for e-mail. In my humble opinion, Google needs to fix these problems if they want their e-mail service to be taken serious.