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[thwest]

Early first.last@gmail accounts had firstlast@gmail reserved for them. Google stopped doing that a few years after launch.

[awakeasleep → thwest]

Are you certain? Im under the impression periods in email addresses, anywhere, do not affect delivery

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/1-awesome-gmail-tip-you-dont-kn...

[akldfgj → awakeasleep]

Periods in gmail addresses to not affect delivery. other mail servers may behave differently.

[llimllib → thwest]

I had no idea they stopped doing that! That seems a pretty serious change of model, I'm glad I know it now.

[akldfgj → llimllib]

They didn't stop.

[taejo → thwest]

I thought it was the other way around: mail to firstlast@gmail.com will be delivered to first.last@gmail.com unless firstlast@gmail.com was registered early on.