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Note that {{w|Gmail}} ignores everything behind a plus sign. Like ignoring dots, this is used as a way to create {{w|email alias}}es. The plus sign in the formula used in the comic should therefore considered to be only an indicator for concatenation, not a literal character in the address.
 
Note that {{w|Gmail}} ignores everything behind a plus sign. Like ignoring dots, this is used as a way to create {{w|email alias}}es. The plus sign in the formula used in the comic should therefore considered to be only an indicator for concatenation, not a literal character in the address.
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; Another case of reverse identity theft
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This comic is about a person forgetting his or her own email address and typing it in the web form of a company.
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Another case, which is not addressed in this comic, is when a person sends an email to the wrong address. For example, a friend of Rebecca's (see example above) could think her email address is [email protected] instead of [email protected]. This is not limited to older people as it would be natural to type [email protected] instead of [email protected] (assuming the address belongs to Michael L. Singer).
  
 
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