[Hidden-tech] gmail "quirks"

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Fri Feb 4 09:32:57 EST 2011


At Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:31:57 -0500 "Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography" <tomadams at gmail.com> wrote:

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

Are these E-Mails actually addressed to "tom.adams at gmail.com" or are they
addressed to "tomadams at gmail.com"?  That is, are the senders making a
mistake and forgetting the period?  If the latter, it is a sender error
and not Google's problem.  If the E-Mails are indeed properly addressed
to the *other* Tom Adams, then Google has a *real* problem, that they
need to fix.  Check the *full* headers to be sure.

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> 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 your account information on our database system are out of date, as a result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.*

Do you have the *full* headers?  Carefully check the 'Received ...'
headers, as these headers will indicate if the E-Mail really came from
Google or from someplace else (like Russia or Nigeria or ...).

This *looks* like some kind of phishing scam.

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> - thanks for any of you feedback

When dealing with E-Mail problems, one important tool is to enable the
full headers.  The From:, To:, etc. headers are often uninformative
(their contents can be eaisly spoofed and are not really used for
delivering E-Mail).  There are other headers, which for most people
would contain a lot of geeky gobbledy gook, but which can be very
valuable in diagonsing E-Mail problems. 

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> *Regards, *
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> *Tom Adams*
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> *413.575.9707*
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> *Williamsburg, MA*
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> *Folktography by Tom website* <http://www.folktographybytom.com/>
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> *Folktography by Tom Facebook Page* <http://www.facebook.com/folkography>
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> *Tom's LinkedIn Page* <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomadams2>
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> *Tom's other Links <http://web.me.com/ReelifeProductions>*
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