Did you know that if you have a gmail account, any periods in your address that you think are necessary in order for an e-mail to get to you are actually… not necessary?!
I am always surprised by how few people know this.
So for instance, let’s say you meet Jane Jones and she’s like, “Oh yeah my e-mail address is JANE PERIOD JONES AT GMAIL DOT COM!” Whenever I hear someone say that period I get a little chill down my spine because clearly Jane does not realize that all of the following addresses will get to Ms. Jones:
JaneJones@gmail.com
Jane.Jones@gmail.com
J.a.n.e.J.o.n.e.s@gmail.com
J……a.n.e……..Jo.n.e.s@gmail.com
Isn’t that kind of awesome? I remember my undergrad e-mail account had a period that we HAD to use. It’s pretty sweet that Google has done away with this period nonsense in e-mail addresses. Obviously I have no idea if this works for any non-Google e-mail accounts you might have, so you might want to check that out on your own.
Don’t you feel enlightened now?
Whoa, this kind of blows my mind. I had no idea.
-C……..lin……..t