[ycombiredd]

Hey! Neat to see some more folks that have a story to tell about the oerhaps unintended side effects of the way the dot was implemented in gmail addresses.

Reading these dot-related comments reminded me that I once made one here about how I was able to leverage this possibly asynchronous dot-handling at gmail. Because the story is a bittersweet sentimental one for me I had to go back and read it now, and though I am sitting here with bad allergies streaming down my face, it also felt really nice to remember that.

I know this is a bit of a sideways comment, and I apologize for that but it isn't often I am overcome with emotion on HN, or on the topic of email addressing, and well, I appreciated the opportunity to re-read it now. Thanks.

You might find my gmail dots story interesting too. It's a little long, but the dot-character portion begins about a third of the way down in my comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46539424#46541149

Cheers!