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I have seen this "problem" before. But I'm pretty sure rejecting the '+' sign is so that you have to swallow the spam when it eventually comes.
by dsign 6y ago
I have seen this "problem" before. But I'm pretty sure rejecting the '+' sign is so that you have to swallow the spam when it eventually comes.
- gruez 6y agoIf you know about this trick and you want to harvest as much email addresses for spam as possible, wouldn't it make more sense to accept pluses in email addresses, and then strip them out later? It seems far more likely that it's because it's unintentional, due to poor programming.
- dsign 6y agoNot if using/selling the email address you provide is according to the ToS of the seller. Then they can legally spam john+as.entered.in.the.form@gmail.com but not john@gmail.com, which is a huge downer.