[thwest]

Early first.last@gmail accounts had firstlast@gmail reserved for them. Google stopped doing that a few years after launch.

[awakeasleep]

Are you certain? Im under the impression periods in email addresses, anywhere, do not affect delivery

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/1-awesome-gmail-tip-you-dont-kn...

[akldfgj]

Periods in gmail addresses to not affect delivery. other mail servers may behave differently.

[llimllib]

I had no idea they stopped doing that! That seems a pretty serious change of model, I'm glad I know it now.

[akldfgj]

They didn't stop.

[taejo]

I thought it was the other way around: mail to [e-mail] will be delivered to [e-mail] unless [e-mail] was registered early on.