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Old 09-30-2013, 08:38 AM   #3
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That is correct. Google ignores the 'dot'.

It actually caused a security problem with Dropbox a short while ago, where people would create a new dropbox account with same email address as an existing user, except with a dot in it and be able use it to bypass the 2 factor authentication if they had the username and password to the account.

http://www.slashgear.com/dropbox-hac...tion-05289228/
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