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On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:15:10 -0500 Came this utterance formulated by Joan Holth to my mailbox: > Thanks for the info. Keeping up with one e-mail account is enough for > me. Just because some idiot programmer (yes, I was a programmer, > hopefully not an idiot one, once upon a time) thinks all e-mails are > alpha characters and numbers needs to be educated. > Is there somewhere I can contact Open Office about this? > > Joan > > Michael Adams wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:17:25 -0500 > > Came this utterance formulated by Joan & Allen Holth to my mailbox: > > > > > >> When I tried to register Open Office 3.1, it kindly informed me > >that> my e-mail address was invalid. Sorry, I have had this address > >for > years. Just because it has a hypen it it doesn't make it > >invalid.> > >> > > > > Been there too. Some agressive email pattern matching wont allow > > anyone from new zealand to register with a .maori.nz address. > > > > The best pattern matching to employ is a loose one where you look > > for an"@" and thats it. Then get anything that is spat out to go to > > a human for deciphering. Often the address mistakenly has a space, a > > comma instead of a period and can be recovered. > > > > The best solution for you is to open a Gmail account and use that. > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
