Gmail Filters – How to Filter Out Non-Strict Mail Patterns in Gmail

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I'm needing some help on how to create a filter for Gmail, let me explain my current situation. For some reason I still do not understand Gmail assumes that, for example, if my email is john.doe@gmail.com it will consider ANY DOT combination as the same email, so johndoe@gmail.com, how can I create a filter that will send any mail that is not strictly to john.doe@gmail.com to spam?

Any solution to this will be really great, since there is some people who thinks it's funny to subscribe to some trash using some forged email address that "looks" like mine.

Best Answer

From Gmail Help:

Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
If someone accidentally adds dots to your address when emailing you, you'll still get that email. For example, if your email is johnsmith@gmail.com, you own all dotted versions of your address:

john.smith@gmail.com
jo.hn.sm.ith@gmail.com
j.o.h.n.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.com

Note: If you use Gmail through work, school, or other organization (like yourdomain.com or yourschool.edu), dots do change your address. To change the dots in your username, contact your admin.

If Note part is not applicable in your case then all the mails coming to you are meant to you as dots don't matter in Gmail address. So, you can put filter in the same way like you do for other email address.

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