Hadmut wrote:
I disagree.
There are many MUAs and mail handling programs which can't cope with
+ mail addresses and fail to sort mails, recognize senders etc.
Disagree if you wish. While "many" don't, "many" do... For
instance, my mail server and client (Outlook Express) had no problem
receiving the mail you sent with a From field that looked like:
From: hadmut+45852e998cdb18c752c9d9b6cf77aef7(_at_)danisch(_dot_)de
[mailto:hadmut+45852e998cdb18c752c9d9b6cf77aef7(_at_)danisch(_dot_)de]
Thus, while some servers and clients may have problems, I can
assure you that many people are able to handle single-user emails today.
Additionally, it is a fairly small change to existing systems to have
them adopt the existing convention of ignoring text between the "+" and
"@" symbols.
Any solution that relies on a new header field will require that
changes be made to both sender's and receiver's software. Thus, as I
pointed out in my earlier message, such solutions will require
significantly more design as well as longer propogation time before they
are available to substantial numbers of people. On the other hand, a
solution based on "single-user" addresses is useful immediately to a
large number of people even if not to everyone. The key to making it
more broadly useful is simply convincing more mail providers to adopt
the already existing convention of ignoring content between the "+" and
"@" characters.
Single-user addresses work for many people today. Anything based
on a new header field won't work for anyone for a long time. I think the
solution that works for some today is superior to a hypothetical
solution that is useless until some date in the far future...
bob wyman
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