Comments on: TC 50: Redirect your Other Emails to OtherInbox http://startupmeme.com/tc-50-redirect-your-other-emails-to-otherinbox/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Matt Buck http://startupmeme.com/tc-50-redirect-your-other-emails-to-otherinbox/comment-page-1/#comment-10317 Matt Buck Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:49:48 +0000 http://startupmeme.com/tc-50-redirect-your-other-emails-to-otherinbox/#comment-10317 Several services (notably Facebook, <a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/facebook/topics/valid_email_addresses_with_plus_symbol_are_considered_invalid">last I checked</a>) disallow the use of plus signs in the address. Spammers are also well aware of the existence of such addresses, and oftentimes simply strip off the bit after the plus sign to avoid detection. There's a good writeup of the differences between the two approaches on the <a href="http://blog.otherinbox.com/2008/09/why-not-use-gma.html">OtherInbox blog</a>. Several services (notably Facebook, last I checked) disallow the use of plus signs in the address. Spammers are also well aware of the existence of such addresses, and oftentimes simply strip off the bit after the plus sign to avoid detection.

There’s a good writeup of the differences between the two approaches on the OtherInbox blog.

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