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> why on earth were you trying to sign up with an email containing a plus? Because it's a perfectly valid character in the local part[0] of the email address?
by iamtedd 3y ago
> why on earth were you trying to sign up with an email containing a plus?
Because it's a perfectly valid character in the local part[0] of the email address?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Local-part https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Local-part
- permo-w 3y agowhat is possible is not the same as what is regularly implemented. that same page suggests that !#$%&'*+-/=? should all be valid characters in an email are they in practice?
- soulofmischief 3y agoIf Google/Yahoo/etc have first-class support for it, then yes, in practice, they are valid.
- permo-w 3y agoand do they?
- soulofmischief 3y agoIf you don't know the answer to this question, perhaps you are speaking on a subject you know little about and should refrain from stirring the pot until you understand a bit more. The information is out there, I'm not going to hold your hand through a cursory Google search.
- permo-w 3y agoafter a more than cursory google search, I can find no evidence that in gmail you can use any character beyond "+" and extra "."s. do you have a source to contradict this?
- anonomousename 3y agoOut of curiosity, what did you search? Searching “gmail plus” gives plenty of results, some of which are from Google themselves. https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282734?hl=en#:~:text=Learn%20how-,create%20variations%20of%20your%20email%20address,-You%20can%20create https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282734?hl=en#:~:t... "Create variations of your email address"
- permo-w 3y agoI searched "slash in gmail address" "google mail extra characters usage" "ampersand in gmail" "implemented characters in gmail" and "slash in gmail address" not a single one provided any evidence of anything other than + and extra dots. parent commenter is talking out of his nether regions
- soulofmischief 3y agoI'm sorry, but when did I claim anything of the sort? This thread is about someone using a "+". This is the exact kind of goalpost-moving I expected of you. Just take your L and get off the internet for the day.
- permo-w 3y agowhen? here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36846441 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36846441 >commenter points to wikipedia page showing that + is a generally accepted standard >I accept this but point to the page's other largely unimplemented characters, to show that email standards are not clearly defined, and it's not surprising there are services not implementing rarer characters like + >you accidentally imply that all the characters I list are implemented >you also claim this is a "well-established standard" - something easily disprovable - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29319221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29319221 - so unsurprising you refuse to defend it essentially because my comment was getting downvoted and people were disagreeing with me, you felt comfortable 1) starting off rudely ("this is such an awful take"), 2) overreaching from the established facts, and 3) being childish and accusatory when questioned the way you act around people in positions of weakness is your real self
- rpdillon 3y agoSure. + in particular is super common since 2008 when Google introduced it as a way to alias emails in Gmail. https://gmail.googleblog.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html https://gmail.googleblog.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-mo...
- permo-w 3y agosuper common as in a few technical people use it, and the rest besides . and _ are pretty much universally unimplemented
- joeframbach 3y agoAre you actually asking in good faith, or are you 10 years old, or are you just trolling?
- permo-w 3y ago[flagged]