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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I got firstnamelastname@gmail.com when gmail was still 'invite only'.

The one drawback to that is there is a General in the U.S. Army with my exact name who doesn't understand how email works and apparently gives out my email address as his. I wish I knew what his actual email address was so I could let people know what it is. I bet he's missing out on a lot of VA functions and barber appointments because he couldn't be assed to remember his actual email address.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I have first name lastname too. And tbh… It’s a bit of a curse.

    I have 2 swedish people wirh the same name as me give it to whatever websites they sign up for at random.

    (I’m pretty sure its two people, but oculd also be one person)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I get emails for at least 3 people all from different countries. And a guy who didn't even share my name, but misspelled his email. Got one just a few days ago from a new guy in Indiana who used my email at a car service (I could've gone in and approved $4500 worth of additional services).

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I have firstname.lastname@ Gmail, again from when it was invite only, as well as yahoo, and Hotmail from when it hadn't been bought by MS

    Thankfully only ≈ 800 people worldwide have the same spelling as my first name none of which are older than me, and none of them have the unique combo of my first and last name, so I don't have those shenanigans happening

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If he's active duty Army, try firstnamelastname@usa.army.mil firstname.lastname@usa.army.mil. if it's a somewhat common name try adding .1 after the name and incrementing up if necessary.

    As a General, he's likely in charge of some really big organization, like a whole military base or CCMD (combatant command). Try looking through the emails you get to see if you can find some context for where he might work, then search for an about page or contact page on the public web. You won't get him directly but someone who knows how to route the information up to him.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    firstnamelastname@usa.army.mil firstname.lastname@usa.army.mil

    Slightly off topic fun fact, on many email clients but gmail in particular firstname.lastname@gmail.com and firstnamelastname@gmail.com are treated as the same email address as dots/periods/full stops are ignored before the @ symbol. Although this doesn't appear to be true in all cases. I wish this were the standard because it would save a lot of confusion.

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