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jasonhanley

My Gmail address gets all this same sort of stuff, except I use it actively, and have to filter it out constantly.

I even wrote a blog post about it and have to send out the following canned response at least once a day:

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Hi there,

You've reached the wrong email address. Please double-check and try again!

You may also want to read the following: http://blog.jasonhanley.com/2008/10/will-real-jhanley-please...

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I have the same issue with my gmail, also first initial & last name. It's amazing to me how many people don't know their own email address

This is part of the reason that while I have addresses with my real name, I usually use my alias. I consider it actually a bit odd that with my generation (grew up in the 90s) there's a significant portion of us that picked an alias and have had that alias for a very large portion of our lives, for me it's about 2/3 of my life.

Though to be honest even my own mother can't remember my email address even though I've had the same one for over a decade now. (HN username @ yahoo is one i've had for a long time).

I use a couple different emails for different purposes myself. A couple different names I use online for most things and my first initial last name for more professional stuff (ie: resumes, clients, etc)

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