Besonderheit von GoogleMail-Adressen

Erst durch einen Zufall bzw. einen Fehler eines Mailpartners erfahren manche von einer recht nützlichen Eigenschaft ihrer GoogleMail-Adresse: Gmail doesn't recognize dots (.) as characters within a username. This way, you can add and remove dots to your username for desired address variations. messages sent to your.username@gmail.com and y.o.u.r.u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com are delivered to the same inbox, since the characters in the username are the same. Keep in mind that hyphens (-) and underscores (_) can't be used in a Gmail address. Also, usernames are case insensitive, so it doesn't matter if you enter upper case or lower case letters. …