Facebook<\/a>. I just got text messaging on my phone too.
\nMy emails sort into folders based on where they came from in Outlook. That message you sent to the nonsense address will end up in the ‘Catchall’ folder.
\nMy good friend BEG was at my house and wondered what that occasional chiming sound was. It was my laptop, stored under the TV, fired up with Outlook running letting me know that there’s a new message.
\nHe went home and fired off a succession of 4-5 emails message with one word: “BEEP”, knowing that my computer would chime each time they arrived. (I’ve since turned off the sound.)
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