How to win friends

[Scott Elcomb]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:38:37AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>> A lot don't take + in email address usernames.  + is perfectly legal
>> according to the RFC.
>>
>> <snipped for brevity>
>
> gmail nicely allows that too.  Very annoying that many websites don't
> allow + in the email, given it is very much legal.

I've been using this feature increasingly over the last couple years
and find it incredibly handy.

> So many useless website designers out there. :(

The issue can be worked around on some sites by url-encoding the
address before submitting it (replace "+" with "%2B"); it's hit and
miss though.

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