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lots of websites do not consider the '+' character to be invalid for an email (I do not have an example in my mind at the moment). Annoying as hell.
by malka 13y ago
lots of websites do not consider the '+' character to be invalid for an email (I do not have an example in my mind at the moment). Annoying as hell.
- welder 13y agoThen there's always cloudservice@mydomain.com
- joshvm 13y agoAlmost all websites allow it. The ones that don't are generally fairly restrictive and probably just check is_alnum(). I use it all the time to segregate incoming mail. I have 1Password and generate a random long password for each account, so I'm not particularly concerned if one or multiple accounts are breached. This means I have to trust 1Password of course, but I'll risk it. The problem for me is inconsistent support. For example, when validation allows it, but the server-side strips the +. I recently booked a flight with Monarch (UK super budget), email address: example+monarch@gmail.com This got stripped to examplemonarch@gmail.com which I'm sure doesn't exist for my name. I couldn't change the email because.. surprise.. you need a confirmation email to do it. Fortunately you only need the booking reference and the address to check in, but it was a bit annoying.