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ignoring dots in email addressIs it possible to set up Exchange 2003/2007 to ignore dots in the email
address like G-Mail does? On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:05:01 -0700, Travis
<Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Is it possible to set up Exchange 2003/2007 to ignore dots in the email Dots? Where? How does GMail ignore them?>address like G-Mail does? Well given an email like example.em***@gmail.com, I can send an email to any
of the following: exampleem***@gmail.com ex.amplee.m***@gmail.com exa.m.pl.eem***@gmail.com ex.am.plee.ma***@gmail.com Gmail just ignores the dots in the address. You can even send something to: example.email+t***@gmail.com and it'll go through, but I don't need to be able to do that. I realize I can achieve the same thing by setting up forwards as well, I was just wondering if there was any easy way to just ignore the dots. Thanks! Show quoteHide quote "Andy David {MVP}" wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:05:01 -0700, Travis > <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Is it possible to set up Exchange 2003/2007 to ignore dots in the email > >address like G-Mail does? > > > Dots? Where? How does GMail ignore them? > > Travis <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > Well given an email like example.em***@gmail.com, I can send an email I didn't know about the dots, but I did know about the plus sign (and it's > to any of the following: > > exampleem***@gmail.com > ex.amplee.m***@gmail.com > exa.m.pl.eem***@gmail.com > ex.am.plee.ma***@gmail.com > > Gmail just ignores the dots in the address. You can even send > something to: > > example.email+t***@gmail.com > > and it'll go through, but I don't need to be able to do that. > > I realize I can achieve the same thing by setting up forwards as > well, I was just wondering if there was any easy way to just ignore > the dots. > > Thanks! quite handy). Exchange can't do that (at least not in 2003 ...I don't know about 2007 but I doubt it). Show quoteHide quote > > > "Andy David {MVP}" wrote: > >> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:05:01 -0700, Travis >> <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to set up Exchange 2003/2007 to ignore dots in the >>> email address like G-Mail does? >> >> >> Dots? Where? How does GMail ignore them? > > I realize I can achieve the same thing by setting up forwards as The plus sign is handy, but not all sites accept it. Some validate the > > well, I was just wondering if there was any easy way to just ignore > > the dots. > > > > Thanks! > > > I didn't know about the dots, but I did know about the plus sign (and it's > quite handy). Exchange can't do that (at least not in 2003 ...I don't know > about 2007 but I doubt it). e-mail address and will fail validation if you use the plus (as I've discovered, the hard way, on occasion) -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com http://www.officeforlawyers.com Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q Ben M. Schorr - MVP <b***@bogusaddress.mvp> wrote:
Show quoteHide quote >>> I realize I can achieve the same thing by setting up forwards as Yep. Me too. But it's still nice when it works & it lets me filter my gmail >>> well, I was just wondering if there was any easy way to just ignore >>> the dots. >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> >> I didn't know about the dots, but I did know about the plus sign >> (and it's quite handy). Exchange can't do that (at least not in 2003 >> ...I don't know about 2007 but I doubt it). > > The plus sign is handy, but not all sites accept it. Some validate > the e-mail address and will fail validation if you use the plus (as > I've discovered, the hard way, on occasion) by recipient address :) Show quoteHide quote > > > -Ben- > Ben M. Schorr, MVP > Roland Schorr & Tower > http://www.rolandschorr.com > http://www.officeforlawyers.com > Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: > http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:25:01 -0700, Travis
<Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Well given an email like example.em***@gmail.com, I can send an email to any Noo. Exchange does not ignore the dots. GMAIL goes not ignore the>of the following: > >exampleem***@gmail.com >ex.amplee.m***@gmail.com >exa.m.pl.eem***@gmail.com >ex.am.plee.ma***@gmail.com > dots. mark.arn***@gmail.com is different from markarn***@gmail.com. Two different people, neither of which are me. I have something else, with a dot, and I get my mail. Per Google:
"Gmail allows only one registration for any given username. Once you sign up for a username, nobody else can sign up for the same username, regardless of whether it contains extra periods or capital letters; those usernames belong to you. If you created yourusern***@gmail.com, no one can ever register your.usern***@gmail.com, or Your.user.n***@gmail.com. Because Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they'll all go to your inbox, and only yours." So yes, Gmail DOES ignore the dots. Show quoteHide quote "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:25:01 -0700, Travis > <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Well given an email like example.em***@gmail.com, I can send an email to any > >of the following: > > > >exampleem***@gmail.com > >ex.amplee.m***@gmail.com > >exa.m.pl.eem***@gmail.com > >ex.am.plee.ma***@gmail.com > > > > Noo. Exchange does not ignore the dots. GMAIL goes not ignore the > dots. > mark.arn***@gmail.com is different from markarn***@gmail.com. Two > different people, neither of which are me. I have something else, with > a dot, and I get my mail. > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:08:05 -0700, Travis
<Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Per Google: Holy hell. I wish I'd seen that 5 years ago.> >"Gmail allows only one registration for any given username. Once you sign up >for a username, nobody else can sign up for the same username, regardless of >whether it contains extra periods or capital letters; those usernames belong >to you. If you created yourusern***@gmail.com, no one can ever register >your.usern***@gmail.com, or Your.user.n***@gmail.com. Because Gmail doesn't >recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots >from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they'll >all go to your inbox, and only yours." > >So yes, Gmail DOES ignore the dots. > Well anyway. The answer is no, Exchange does not have the same feature out of the box. Probably could do something unbelievably compex wi an HT rule but it's not a provided feature. Damn! Oh well, maybe in Exchange 2010 :)
Show quoteHide quote "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:08:05 -0700, Travis > <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Per Google: > > > >"Gmail allows only one registration for any given username. Once you sign up > >for a username, nobody else can sign up for the same username, regardless of > >whether it contains extra periods or capital letters; those usernames belong > >to you. If you created yourusern***@gmail.com, no one can ever register > >your.usern***@gmail.com, or Your.user.n***@gmail.com. Because Gmail doesn't > >recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots > >from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they'll > >all go to your inbox, and only yours." > > > >So yes, Gmail DOES ignore the dots. > > > Holy hell. I wish I'd seen that 5 years ago. > Well anyway. The answer is no, Exchange does not have the same feature > out of the box. Probably could do something unbelievably compex wi an > HT rule but it's not a provided feature. > Well, Exchange allows dots in the address and many people use them.
-- Show quoteHide quoteEd Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." .. "Travis" <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3D8DD5BE-AEC4-4EF1-A524-4421DFE520F6@microsoft.com... > Damn! Oh well, maybe in Exchange 2010 :) > > "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote: > >> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:08:05 -0700, Travis >> <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >Per Google: >> > >> >"Gmail allows only one registration for any given username. Once you >> >sign up >> >for a username, nobody else can sign up for the same username, >> >regardless of >> >whether it contains extra periods or capital letters; those usernames >> >belong >> >to you. If you created yourusern***@gmail.com, no one can ever register >> >your.usern***@gmail.com, or Your.user.n***@gmail.com. Because Gmail >> >doesn't >> >recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the >> >dots >> >from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; >> >they'll >> >all go to your inbox, and only yours." >> > >> >So yes, Gmail DOES ignore the dots. >> > >> Holy hell. I wish I'd seen that 5 years ago. >> Well anyway. The answer is no, Exchange does not have the same feature >> out of the box. Probably could do something unbelievably compex wi an >> HT rule but it's not a provided feature. >> Mark Arnold [MVP] <m***@mvps.org> wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:08:05 -0700, Travis If you'd known, you wouldn't have bothered to also sign up as > <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Per Google: >> >> "Gmail allows only one registration for any given username. Once you >> sign up for a username, nobody else can sign up for the same >> username, regardless of whether it contains extra periods or capital >> letters; those usernames belong to you. If you created >> yourusern***@gmail.com, no one can ever register >> your.usern***@gmail.com, or Your.user.n***@gmail.com. Because Gmail >> doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add >> or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual >> destination address; they'll all go to your inbox, and only yours." >> >> So yes, Gmail DOES ignore the dots. >> > Holy hell. I wish I'd seen that 5 years ago. > Well anyway. The answer is no, Exchange does not have the same feature > out of the box. Probably could do something unbelievably compex wi an > HT rule but it's not a provided feature. m.a.r.k.a.r.n.o.***@gmail.com, right? Create multiple e-mail addresses with every permutation of letters and dots.
-- Show quoteHide quoteEd Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." .. "Travis" <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:48604910-EB8B-45A9-B55B-078FDC2721F6@microsoft.com... > Well given an email like example.em***@gmail.com, I can send an email to > any > of the following: > > exampleem***@gmail.com > ex.amplee.m***@gmail.com > exa.m.pl.eem***@gmail.com > ex.am.plee.ma***@gmail.com > > Gmail just ignores the dots in the address. You can even send something > to: > > example.email+t***@gmail.com > > and it'll go through, but I don't need to be able to do that. > > I realize I can achieve the same thing by setting up forwards as well, I > was > just wondering if there was any easy way to just ignore the dots. > > Thanks! > > > "Andy David {MVP}" wrote: > >> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:05:01 -0700, Travis >> <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >Is it possible to set up Exchange 2003/2007 to ignore dots in the email >> >address like G-Mail does? >> >> >> Dots? Where? How does GMail ignore them? >> >> Ed Crowley [MVP] <curspice@nospam.net> wrote:
> Create multiple e-mail addresses with every permutation of letters My math skillz aren't so mad. That's factorial, right?> and dots. Show quoteHide quote > > "Travis" <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:48604910-EB8B-45A9-B55B-078FDC2721F6@microsoft.com... >> Well given an email like example.em***@gmail.com, I can send an >> email to any >> of the following: >> >> exampleem***@gmail.com >> ex.amplee.m***@gmail.com >> exa.m.pl.eem***@gmail.com >> ex.am.plee.ma***@gmail.com >> >> Gmail just ignores the dots in the address. You can even send >> something to: >> >> example.email+t***@gmail.com >> >> and it'll go through, but I don't need to be able to do that. >> >> I realize I can achieve the same thing by setting up forwards as >> well, I was >> just wondering if there was any easy way to just ignore the dots. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> "Andy David {MVP}" wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:05:01 -0700, Travis >>> <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Is it possible to set up Exchange 2003/2007 to ignore dots in the >>>> email address like G-Mail does? >>> >>> >>> Dots? Where? How does GMail ignore them? !
-- Show quoteHide quoteEd Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." .. "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwe***@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message news:O5Yf%233JAKHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Ed Crowley [MVP] <curspice@nospam.net> wrote: >> Create multiple e-mail addresses with every permutation of letters >> and dots. > > My math skillz aren't so mad. That's factorial, right? > >> >> "Travis" <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:48604910-EB8B-45A9-B55B-078FDC2721F6@microsoft.com... >>> Well given an email like example.em***@gmail.com, I can send an >>> email to any >>> of the following: >>> >>> exampleem***@gmail.com >>> ex.amplee.m***@gmail.com >>> exa.m.pl.eem***@gmail.com >>> ex.am.plee.ma***@gmail.com >>> >>> Gmail just ignores the dots in the address. You can even send >>> something to: >>> >>> example.email+t***@gmail.com >>> >>> and it'll go through, but I don't need to be able to do that. >>> >>> I realize I can achieve the same thing by setting up forwards as >>> well, I was >>> just wondering if there was any easy way to just ignore the dots. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> "Andy David {MVP}" wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:05:01 -0700, Travis >>>> <Tra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is it possible to set up Exchange 2003/2007 to ignore dots in the >>>>> email address like G-Mail does? >>>> >>>> >>>> Dots? Where? How does GMail ignore them? > > > 
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