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minus-squarelejsh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 year ago“*” means wildcard, kind of like the wild in Uno. This means that the email is going to be sent to every single person with @gmail in their address. That’s a lot of people.
minus-squarePsythik@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI get that part, just not the rest. (Well I do now, thanks to the other replies) I appreciate your help, though.
minus-squarebiddy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2822:_*@gmail.com
minus-squaredeleted @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pBmuY6qFMPQ I’m pretty sure it’s referencing this
I don’t get it.
“*” means wildcard, kind of like the wild in Uno. This means that the email is going to be sent to every single person with @gmail in their address. That’s a lot of people.
I get that part, just not the rest. (Well I do now, thanks to the other replies)
I appreciate your help, though.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2822:_*@gmail.com
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pBmuY6qFMPQ
I’m pretty sure it’s referencing this