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If someone sent you an email to 'xxxxx@yahoo.com instead of 'oooo.ie' Problem?

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  • 16-04-2018 1:13pm
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    little miss sunshine1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭


    If someone sent you an email, and your address was for example 'xxxxx@yahoo.ie but they sent it to [EMAIL="'xxxxx@yahoo.com'"]'xxxxx@yahoo.com'[/EMAIL] instead, will you still receive the email?


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    #2
    VonZan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 320 ✭✭VonZan


    little miss sunshine1 wrote: »
    If someone sent you an email, and your address was for example 'xxxxx@yahoo.ie but they sent it to [EMAIL="'xxxxx@yahoo.com'"]'xxxxx@yahoo.com'[/EMAIL] instead, will you still receive the email?

    No, it has to be the exact email address.


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    #3
    Squatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭Squatter


    little miss sunshine1 wrote: »
    If someone sent you an email, and your address was for example 'xxxxx@yahoo.ie but they sent it to [EMAIL="'xxxxx@yahoo.com'"]'xxxxx@yahoo.com'[/EMAIL] instead, will you still receive the email?

    Why not test it yourself?

    Send an empty email to yourself (or a pal) at the wrong yahoo address and see whether or not it arrives!


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    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,951 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    Would they not notice the mistake in the email sorting office ?


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    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,634 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    It depends on the company and how they've configured their set up. Some companies will own xyz.com, xyz.net, xyz.ie, xyz.co.uk... and just set them all up to go to the one place. They could even own xyz.com and zyx.com, and set them up to go to the same place. Other companies will keep them separate, so that [noparse]john.smith@xyz.ie[/noparse] doesn't clash with [noparse]john.smith@xyz.co.uk[/noparse]. Sometimes the owners of xyz.ie and xyz.co.uk won't even be the same company, so obviously there's no crossover there.

    The only way to know for sure is either by testing, or getting confirmation directly from the domains' owners

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    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,130 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    If sender didn't got "undelivered" bounce back - email account exist and message was delivered.
    Was message delivered to intended recipient? - different story. See post above.
    Hope no confidential data was leaked out..:D
    history of boards 2021




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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Anyone using Yahoo mail should be euthanized anyways.... :pac:


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    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,951 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    ED E wrote: »
    Anyone using Yahoo mail should be euthanized anyways.... :pac:

    They'll die of old age soon enough anyway ;)


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    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,070 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    It's like if you phone 087xxxxxxx instead of 085xxxxxxx.
    There's absolutely no connection between the two.

    Im not great at long email addresses myself. More times than not I get letter or full stop wrong :)


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    #10
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,130 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    Current world population estimated 7.6 billion - Wikipedia
    Yahoo mail users(as per 2017) estimated 225 million - expandedramblings.com

    3% WORLD POPULATION TO BE EUTHANIZED :eek::eek::eek:

    Shouldn't be using Yahoo anyway
    history of boards 2021




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