tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265058.post6467506175724811528..comments2023-10-28T23:33:56.980+11:00Comments on Sydney Oracle Lab: Scattered thoughts on namesSydOraclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08828771074492585943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265058.post-87381981587479601512010-03-08T14:01:00.050+11:002010-03-08T14:01:00.050+11:00Delayed response, sorry.
I've heard a lot of ...Delayed response, sorry.<br /><br />I've heard a lot of spam comes from GMail...but they do a good job of keeping the spam out of my inbox so I've never noticed it myself. I haven't hung around usenet for years either.<br /><br />The other peculiarity of gmail is that you can add in full stops but they get ignored, so "some.one" would go to the same email box as "someone" or even "so.me.one".SydOraclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828771074492585943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265058.post-82313728989889120192010-02-24T10:29:36.556+11:002010-02-24T10:29:36.556+11:00How funny, I rate gmail accounts as lowly because ...How funny, I rate gmail accounts as lowly because of the amount of spam they generate on oracle usenet groups.<br /><br />There are bizarro namespace collisions - I often post on blogs as the blogname at my domain, and had some strange things happen as some software decided I must be the owner!<br /><br />One of my netadmins at work wound up with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/" rel="nofollow">carlost</a>. <br /><br />The fact my wife uses a different last name professionally than personally leads to endless entertainment. <br /><br />I've gotten email for other people because my ISP was too smart to not do partial matches. ie, I'm xyz@cox.net, someone else is xyz-abc@cox.net, they give up xyz-abc, I get their mail. D'Oh! I'm wondering if your wife has the same issue, since what are the chances ISP's use the same stupid mail processing scripts.<br /><br />Double kudos for Prisoner reference!<br /><br />word: detram<br />word: pultrJoel Garryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325061229393838224noreply@blogger.com