Receiving someone else's mail There are three common reasons why Gmail users think they're receiving someone else's mail. Please select the description that matches your situation below. Your address is similar but has more or fewer dots (.) or different capitalization. Sometimes you may receive a message sent to an address that looks like yours but has a different number or arrangement of periods. While we know it might be unnerving if you think someone else's mail is being routed to your account, don't worry: both of these addresses are yours. Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they'll all go to your inbox, and only yours. In short: homerjsimpson@gmail.com =...
