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I just had the most f'd experience. I don't really use my gmail very often (I prefer my rocketmail address) and finally went to check my gmail (after about a month of not checking it). Sure I had 3000 spams and over 300 crap items in my inbox. But this is where it gets messed up. I registered my name "rocketpops" the first month that gmail was out (so obviously somebody else couldn't have that name). In my inbox was a conformation for a myspace account. Jenni doesn't have myspace linked to her gmail account. Apparently this person has the email of and I've been getting his stupid myspace shit. That includes username and password! So either this is a problem on myspace's end or gmails. Just thought I'd give you a heads up that one of the two has some severe privacy issues.

I emailed both so we'll see who's to blame.

I remember reading this in either a Network Computing issue or on Slashdot. Something about the dot not being processed properly. I don't recall much on the issue, but here is a short article regarding the issue.


That is from January 06, so it has some age.