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Why should netflix be required to adhere to the different ways that every email provider doesn't adhere to the spec?
by earenndil 9y ago
Why should netflix be required to adhere to the different ways that every email provider doesn't adhere to the spec?
- shkkmo 9y agoThe email providers do adhere to the spec. The spec does not guarantee that different local parts go to different inboxes.
- hexane360 9y agoBecause it's Netflix not adhering to the spec, which states that local addresses are to be interpreted by the host only. Netflix has no business caring about how Gmail interprets its local parts.
- shkkmo 9y agoWell, if Netflix striped the periods, THAT would be not adhering to the spec. Netflix's issue is that they have a lax security practice, not that they don't adhere to the spec.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoGmail does adhere to the spec, which has nothing to do with this bug which is Netflix sending emails without verifying. Email isn't even relevant here. The exact same thing happens with postal mail addresses if something gives your address as theirs.