Email address question

[iroast]

Are email addresses that contain + sign valid?

Example: i+roast@anandtech.edu

Thanks.

 

[Modeps]

I dont believe its technically valid... but the server can process the email. Google does it with all of their email. If you have an address iroast@gmail.com and do something like iroast+spam@gmail.com, you'll still get the email and be able to apply a label to it.

 

[manlymatt83]

yes, but for a very specific purpose.

Some MTA's can be configured to filter into folders or perform actions on emails based on the text after the +

IE:

example+lists@anandtech.edu
example+work@anandtech.edu

Would both go to the example user

 

[iroast]

Thank you.

 

[FoBoT]

http://www.remote.org/jochen/mail/info/chars.html

The plus sign is allowed in mail addresses and there is no reason not to use it. A common usage is for defining sub-addresses. Example: The user 'joe' with the mail address 'joe@example.com' can set up mail addresses like 'joe+list@example.com' if he needs more then one address.

 

[ElFenix]

i like email addresses with bangs instead of @.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i like email addresses with bangs instead of @.

What? You had a bangpath address?