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That, and '@googlemail.com'. example@gmail.com is equivalent to example@googlemail.com.

@googlemail.com was the default address for a few years in the UK because of a legal dispute. If you sent an email it'd always come from the longer domain.

For reference: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/oct/19/news.busi...

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