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Gmail question [no, I'm not asking for an invitation!]
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Mar 4, 2005, 06:33 PM
 
I got a gmail account quite a while ago (due to the kindness of itai195 on these boards), but I haven't been actively using it as I have an older version of Safari so had to use Mozilla if I wanted to check it. Recently they've enabled POP usage though, so I'm hooked in to Mail. Still, no one knows my address yet.

Anyway, today I got the following mail:

subject: dinner

Yo Will,
_
What's your schedule like this weekend?_
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Btw. I'm going to get rid of this email soon. I'll let you know when it updates to steve.chan@XXXXXXXXXXX.com

________________________________
Steven H. Chan
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Investment Banking - Health Care Group
XXX Greenwich Street, XXrd Floor
New York, NY 100XX
Telephone: (212) [XXX-XXXX]
Facsimile: (646) [XXX-XXXX]
Email: steven1.chan@XXXXXXX.com
[X's added by me for privacy - needless to say, it's a well-known company]

This doesn't appear to be spam - am I missing something? This is also weird because I thought my e-mail address was myname at gmail dot com, but he's typed in my dot name at gmail dot com and it's worked. Is this a feature?

Also caught me off guard because I happen to know a Steven Chan, but he doesn't live/work in NY!
     
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Mar 4, 2005, 08:38 PM
 
it's a scam. probably to check if this email is active.

email is free so they send out millions for any reason. us gov dropped the ball on this.
     
   
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