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		berlam on Aug 31, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Dropbox hack is real This feature is called sub-addressing, but it is also known as plus addressing or tagged addressing. I also use it but some services do not allow the plus sign in their registration form. Very frustrating.

brohee on Aug 31, 2016 [–]

Rejecting addresses with a plus is to me a strong incompetence clue, so unless somehow unavoidable between two choices I chose the one allowing a '+'.

Sometime I even fire a mail explaining people rejecting '+' how and why they lost my business...

dbg31415 on Aug 31, 2016 | [–]

I feel the same way. (=

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