I just found out from my wife that gmail doesn't recognize a . in a email address.
My wife has an email address similar to
your.name@gmail.com and started getting myspace messages and friend requests for some little 14 yr old girl with the same name but
yourname@gmail.com
Look on gmail help and....
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answ ... swer=10313
wow thats really f'd up