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I've run into a situation where I was able to sign up using the + in the e-mail, but not login (or unsubscribe from their newletter) with the same address.
by lost_name 12y ago
I've run into a situation where I was able to sign up using the + in the e-mail, but not login (or unsubscribe from their newletter) with the same address.
- slayed0 12y agoThey probably recognized the + and stripped it, as well as all subsequent characters, from your address upon form entry.
- mod 12y agoThey should probably strip it from the login form, then. As a mediocre web dev, that'd be my next step.
- SippinLean 12y agoSame here, it's quite often, actually. Enough that I won't do it anymore.
- personZ 12y agoHumorous related story -- I was a customer of GM's OnStar service, and had a login on their web portal that I used for account maintenance and to check on vehicle stuff. Sometime later, the GM team rolled out a new version that blocked periods, but my account name had a period. It would happily send me an account recovery email with my now invalid username that I couldn't use. Nor could I configure a new account as it would happily point me to my old, now invalid account. The version without the period did not work. This was a pretty fringe service of negligible value to me, so when my CC changed I sent them an email telling them of this problem, and my inability to change my account. No response. So I let the account expire. Still couldn't believe that a team could make a new presentation that blocked already in place usernames, nor would they do anything about it.