On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:11:39 +0100 (BST), "Alan J. Flavell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >However, I'm finding that registrations which demand my email address >are typically refusing to accept "+" as part of my address - so, even >though *I* could use it, *they* won't. Whether this is deliberate >(they worked out that people using "+" are trying to track who they >sell the address to), or they're just too badly educated to know >what's legal, I can't say.
I'd guess that they just are not familiar with the technical basics of their business, not knowing which characters are allowed in an e-mail addresses' local part. There is unbearable stupidity out there. Unfortunately, the Spammers are getting smarter, and the numbers of spam successfully sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] are rapidly approaching the numbers of spam bouncing off [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developers of commercially-used web apps don't seem to get any smarter, though. Greetings Marc, ranting -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
