24 Feb
2010
24 Feb
'10
2:43 p.m.
Hi Andy,
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 14:27, Andy Smith <andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
Hi Duggie,
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 09:07:46AM +0000, Duggie wrote:
Converting my legacy addresses (accumulated over past 12 years) would
be less than fun.
Gmail's syntax means the addresses need to
be:
john+foo(a)example.org
john+bar(a)example.org
john+amazon.com(a)example.org
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. 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(a)foo.example.com 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-%(a)example.org as being valid and forward that message to the
'john' mailbox.
Thanks,
Duggie