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0 pointsmasklinn3y ago0 comments

> I tried to do this but my dentist’s receptionist got confused and cancelled an appointment because “I used their email address”.

Never had it go that far but I definitely had some odd reactions e.g. a support agent thinking I was a colleague.

On the other hand, if you have a relatively common name it avoids people giving your email address then behaving aggressively when you tell them to stop. I’ve had a few friends hit this issue.

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mulmen3y ago

> On the other hand, if you have a relatively common name it avoids people giving your email address then behaving aggressively when you tell them to stop. I’ve had a few friends hit this issue.

I’m sorry, I can’t parse this. Can you try again?

I used <dentistbusinessname>@<mydomain>. My name was never involved in the address.

masklinnOP3y ago

> I used <dentistbusinessname>@<mydomain>. My name was never involved in the address.

That's the point, if you don't use your name in your address, you can't be <genericname>@<genericdomain>, which third parties will provide as their email,

Because I use the same scheme you do I've never had that issue, but several friends with common names have hit the issue having registered to more "normal" hosts, often as somewhat early adopters and thus having gotten their pick.

Liquid_Fire3y ago

I have a very uncommon name (though not unique) and I've had people mistakenly signing up for services with my firstname.lastname@gmail.com (which I don't usually sign up to services with).

The annoying thing is the number of services these days that don't seem to require you to verify your email. Examples of the above included eBay and Spotify. On both occasions I had to contact support to ask them to delete the account.

mulmen3y ago

> That's the point, if you don't use your name in your address, you can't be <genericname>@<genericdomain>, which third parties will provide as their email,

I’m still not following. Who is this third party and what does it have to do with a confused receptionist?

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0 pointsmasklinn3y ago0 comments

> I tried to do this but my dentist’s receptionist got confused and cancelled an appointment because “I used their email address”.

Never had it go that far but I definitely had some odd reactions e.g. a support agent thinking I was a colleague.

On the other hand, if you have a relatively common name it avoids people giving your email address then behaving aggressively when you tell them to stop. I’ve had a few friends hit this issue.

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mulmen3y ago

> On the other hand, if you have a relatively common name it avoids people giving your email address then behaving aggressively when you tell them to stop. I’ve had a few friends hit this issue.

I’m sorry, I can’t parse this. Can you try again?

I used <dentistbusinessname>@<mydomain>. My name was never involved in the address.

masklinnOP3y ago

> I used <dentistbusinessname>@<mydomain>. My name was never involved in the address.

That's the point, if you don't use your name in your address, you can't be <genericname>@<genericdomain>, which third parties will provide as their email,

Liquid_Fire3y ago

I have a very uncommon name (though not unique) and I've had people mistakenly signing up for services with my firstname.lastname@gmail.com (which I don't usually sign up to services with).

mulmen3y ago

> That's the point, if you don't use your name in your address, you can't be <genericname>@<genericdomain>, which third parties will provide as their email,

I’m still not following. Who is this third party and what does it have to do with a confused receptionist?

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