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Receiving Emails for an Unrelated User
Hello:
I just received (and have received 2-3 times before) an email confirmation that certain files were uploaded to a certain folder. Neither the files nor the folder are mine, and based on t...
Hi JSattin
It isnt possible they have the same username as you - simply because it works on one email = one account here. BUT!
Are you a gmail user at all? Google has a clever, but annoying, feature that allows emails to be set up differently but all go to one place. For example J.Sattin and JSattin would go to the same mailbox, same as @gmail.com or @googlemail.com would. That could, in theory, then be 4 different accounts as they appear as diff emails BUT all delivered to your inbox.
Mark
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Super User IIHi JSattin
It isnt possible they have the same username as you - simply because it works on one email = one account here. BUT!
Are you a gmail user at all? Google has a clever, but annoying, feature that allows emails to be set up differently but all go to one place. For example J.Sattin and JSattin would go to the same mailbox, same as @gmail.com or @googlemail.com would. That could, in theory, then be 4 different accounts as they appear as diff emails BUT all delivered to your inbox.
Thank you; that's helpful. Yes, it's Gmail, and that is probably the issue.
