Hi Andy,
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 14:27, Andy Smith <andy@???> wrote:
> Hi Duggie,
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 09:07:46AM +0000, Duggie wrote:
>> Gmail's syntax means the addresses need to be:
>> john+foo@???
>> john+bar@???
>> john+amazon.com@???
>
> If you use extension addresses and want to carry on using them with
> minimal changes then I would be very reluctant to switch to
> something where '-' doesn't work.
Converting my legacy addresses (accumulated over past 12 years) would
be less than fun.
> I prefer '+' myself and use it
> wherever possible, but many many web sites and systems think that '+'
> is invalid in a localpart.
Yes, that bugs the hell out of me... The plus syntax comes from
postfix originally, doesn't it?
> I've seen some people put a subdomain under gmail control so they
> can use localpart@??? to give to web sites.
An interesting approach and useful going forward, but will fail with
my legacy addresses.
I think I can achieve the same effect as my current set-up (using
hyphens) by setting up a catch-all address for the domain and then
using gmail's filters. So, the filter would look for
john-%@example.org as being valid and forward that message to the
'john' mailbox.
Thanks,
Duggie
