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Then it's a bug right? The uniqueness check should be based on the part before the + sign.
by noja 10y ago
Then it's a bug right? The uniqueness check should be based on the part before the + sign.
- thanksgiving 10y agoNo, I don't think what google does is standard behavior (not trying to say anything bad about Google; I love Google). However, as far as I know, disallowing + is not a particularly good way of preventing abuse. I won't go as far as to say it semms like bad code but it is pretty close. I think it is OK to make a special case for Gmail and Google mail but it is counterproductive to try to crown it as a de facto standard. http://mozilla.wikia.com/wiki/User:Me_at_work/plushaters?useskin=oasis http://mozilla.wikia.com/wiki/User:Me_at_work/plushaters?use...
- noja 10y agohuh? Google's special behaviour is that they are blind to dots in the user part of the address. The + sign is not anything to do with Google.
- thanksgiving 10y agoOh I didn't know. Just found https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233 after trading what you wrote. I just assumed + is a valid character and a+b@example.domain would be a valid email address independent of a or b. But it seems we shouldn't allow + or -- when people sign up for a new email address?