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Re: [LUG] email

 

Henry Bremridge wrote:
>
> Why / how does the "+" system work?

Subaddressing is basically down to the receiving system.

But most mail delivery agents will ignore anything after "+" in an email
address (it gets more involved if you have more than one separator) for
purposes of delivery.

So if you need to vary an address for different purposes, such as
mailing lists, and you can't create specific addresses for the purpose,
you can often just add "+detail", and filter on the "+detail".


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