On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Xavier Chantry <chantry.xav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Uh, I didn't even know about about that gmail special feature "plus > addressing". You didn't mention that, I thought you created another > full account. > I learned it there : http://www.php.net/manual/fr/ref.mail.php#70912 > I suppose gmail accounts cannot have + then ? > > So yeah it seems it's gmail smtp server that accepts name+foo address, > but it drops the +foo part. > And gmail web interface must do something special to talk to smtp server then. > > But you don't need a different address to filter messages from a > mailing list. Or maybe you have other special needs. >
Just a correction from Dan, since no one did before : it's not a gmail special feature at all as the guy said in the above link, it's actually a standard that some providers and mail servers follow, and others violate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address#Sub-addressing http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233
