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I registered this username at one of the early big name webmail services. Not unimaginably rare, sure, but neither is it jsmith or the like.

You’d be shocked how many different people have signed up for stuff with that email address that I’ve had for like 20 years (and only ever log into so I can check on the mayhem). I’ve had bank notices, home sale records, 2 people creating Facebook accounts, and plenty of other stuff.

If my name were as common as yours, I think I’d be ready to choke someone.



I ended up browsing someone else's "Cloud NAS" once. I had to resist very hard not adding a watermark to all his photos saying "stop registering with my email!!!".


i have a pretty rare last name (in my company of 225k, there's only one other for example) and I have first initial last name @ gmail since 2005.

The amount of mistaken emails I get is absurd.




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