Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses
by mayneack on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:57PM
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BestBuy allowed me to sign up with a trailing "[email protected]", but their unsubscribe interface rejects it as invalid, so I can't unsubscribe from their promos. I just filter/mark as spam and move on.
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Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses
by Benjamin_Dobell on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:52PM
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I've seen this several times as well. If it's a referral link to unsubscribe and is meant to include your email, double check it's okay. If your plus is missing insert "%2B" where it should be.
It's less common, but some websites ask you to type your email address once they realise they can't find you on record. If the "+" doesn't work in that field (server side rejected), then you can try %2B there as well.