[Hidden-tech] gmail "quirks"

[Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography]

hi all,
been wondering about this for quite some time:

1) I've been receiving "tom.adams at gmail.com"'s email sporadically over the
last 4 years or so. I've actually emailed him before to see what's going on
& looked into gmail's help but they basically say 'don't worry about it,
he's still receiving the emails...but you I should disregard them. That's
fine...but really, it's unbelievable that it keeps happening because some of
the emails that i've incorrectly received were highly private such as wills
and banks documents, etc. as well as very personal communications between
him and his family members. I feel like i know this other 'tom adams' all
too well.... and it seems like a major hole in the otherwise wonderfulness
of gmail.

2) I just received the following email from gmail. never received anything
like it before and I'm rather dubious of its authenticity - any thoughts:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gmail <desk at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:32 AM
Subject: Account Update
To:
Due to anonymous registration of our email service, We have detected that
your account information on our database system are out of date, as a result
of that we require you to verify your account Information by filling the
details as requested below. Failure to verify your information may result in
account suspension.
Account
Password
Phone
Birthdate
*Note: **This warning is only for Google members, your account will not be
interrupted after providing the above information and your email account
will continue to work as normal.*


- thanks for any of you feedback

*Regards, *


*Tom Adams*

*413.575.9707*

*Williamsburg, MA*

*Director/Owner*

*Reelife Productions* <https://mail.google.com/mail/goog_2146952357>*
 website* <http://www.reelifeproductions.com/>

*• cool digital media stuff • using technology to educate, entertain &
enlighten since 1996 •*

*Reelife Facebook Page * <http://www.facebook.com/reelife>

*Reelife's Youtube Channel* <http://www.youtube.com/reelife>

*Folktography by Tom website* <http://www.folktographybytom.com/>

*Folktography by Tom Facebook Page* <http://www.facebook.com/folkography>

*Tom's LinkedIn Page* <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomadams2>

*Tom's other Links <http://web.me.com/ReelifeProductions>*
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