# Recognizing Gmail emails without periods **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** object\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/recognizing-gmail-emails-without-periods/30608 "2021-01-22T00:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JenNS1](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jenns1/32/13261_2.png) [@JenNS1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JenNS1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/recognizing-gmail-emails-without-periods/30608/1 "2021-01-22T00:48:26Z")
Gmail email address do not recognise periods. Sometimes people give us one and then they use another one and it comes up as an new entry. We can see it is the same due the the mobile numbers matching and our own use of Gmail. [test.test@gmail.com](mailto:test.test@gmail.com) is actually the same as [testtest@gmai.com](mailto:testtest@gmai.com) but when a client replies from a different one than we have it is creating a duplicate contact. If they next time use [te.st.test.@gmail.com](mailto:te.st.test.@gmail.com) it will be a third contact created. Is there anyway that HubSpot can be programed to view these as the same emails? I think the code will just need to be something like “if [@gmail](https://twitter.com/gmail) ignore all periods” for checking existing contacts. It would be great if an email signup process recognised either email (or just didn’t recognise period placement at all if it was a gmail account). I understand this is unique to Gmail email addresses and may have other impacts if implemented, however it is here for consideration. ---
**Author:** ![DaveMonheit](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/davemonheit/32/98942_2.png) [@DaveMonheit](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DaveMonheit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/recognizing-gmail-emails-without-periods/30608/2 "2022-06-16T23:08:48Z")
Has anyone responded to you outside this forum with a solution? We’re having the same issue except Hubspot seems to add periods in Gmail addresses at times. ---
**Author:** ![samf2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@samf2](https://community.hubspot.com/u/samf2)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/recognizing-gmail-emails-without-periods/30608/3 "2023-12-12T00:19:59Z")
This idea makes a lot of sense. I’m constantly needing to add & merge emails with the exact same user that is using gmail.