new redirection format and host
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:58 pm
Finally knocked one off the list - a lot of people complained about sending messages from their spamgourmet addresses because the "redirection address" started with and contained a few plus signs ( + that is).
here's an example of the old style:
Everyone who looks into it agrees that having plus signs in an email address is perfectly OK, but several unenlightened email clients (hotmail? I dunno - anyway, enough clients for me to get somewhat frequent complaints) refused to accept them. For a long time - a decade - my response was something like - those client softwares are dumbasses. I stand by that response (grammar and all), but finally caved and refactored a bit to make it so that we don't have to have the plus signs anymore. All new redirection addresses will not have plus signs and will be aimed at a new mail domain: ob.0sg.net -- this domain *won't* work for incoming spamgourmet traffic, so don't use it for disposable email addresses, btw.
here's an example of the new style:
Anyway, you might never notice this or think about it, and that would be good. I thought about not even announcing it, but I thought someone might look closely at the new redirection addresses and wonder what was going on. Existing redirection addresses with plus signs (embedded in address books and places, as they often are) should continue to work as they have been working (which, for most people, was just fine). Those of you who were having problems with the plus signs, just get a fresh redirection address and you should be good.
I need to clean up the code before checking into subversion - I'll get to that soon. (yes, we sometimes do go in to production before checking in)
here's an example of the old style:
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+word+user+0ff773011r.person#example.com@spamgourmet.com
Everyone who looks into it agrees that having plus signs in an email address is perfectly OK, but several unenlightened email clients (hotmail? I dunno - anyway, enough clients for me to get somewhat frequent complaints) refused to accept them. For a long time - a decade - my response was something like - those client softwares are dumbasses. I stand by that response (grammar and all), but finally caved and refactored a bit to make it so that we don't have to have the plus signs anymore. All new redirection addresses will not have plus signs and will be aimed at a new mail domain: ob.0sg.net -- this domain *won't* work for incoming spamgourmet traffic, so don't use it for disposable email addresses, btw.
here's an example of the new style:
- Code: Select all
word.user.0ff773011r.person#example.com@ob.0sg.net
Anyway, you might never notice this or think about it, and that would be good. I thought about not even announcing it, but I thought someone might look closely at the new redirection addresses and wonder what was going on. Existing redirection addresses with plus signs (embedded in address books and places, as they often are) should continue to work as they have been working (which, for most people, was just fine). Those of you who were having problems with the plus signs, just get a fresh redirection address and you should be good.
I need to clean up the code before checking into subversion - I'll get to that soon. (yes, we sometimes do go in to production before checking in)