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[โ€“] lejsh@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"*" 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.

[โ€“] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I get that part, just not the rest. (Well I do now, thanks to the other replies)

I appreciate your help, though.