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Re:Have I Been Pwned? Data breach master list with API by sp332 on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:34PM (#11286663)
I'm pretty sure that's not true. '+' is allowed in an email address, but it's just a normal character, not a comment. Comments are made with parentheses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Syntax
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Re:Have I Been Pwned? Data breach master list with API by silix on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:51PM (#11286729)
you need to scroll down in your link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Sub-addressing

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Re:Have I Been Pwned? Data breach master list with API by sp332 on Monday March 14, 2016 @09:10PM (#11286794)
That's a different "spec" which may or may not be implemented by any given email provider.
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