[Scummvm-devel] We need to upgrade our forums

[Eugene Sandulenko]

On 26 December 2013 17:09, Torbjörn Andersson <eriktorbjorn at telia.com>wrote:

> On 2013-12-26 15:30, m_kiewitz at scummvm.org wrote:
>
> > The "plus" symbol also has a special meaning for gmail addresses.
> > spammer+ruiningforum at gmail.com, spammer+scummvm at gmail.com and
> spammer at gmail are also going to the same e-mail address and can be used
> at will.
> >
> > for further study:
> http://gmailblog.blogspot.de/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html
>
> Not just Gmail, actually. I remember seeing that used back in the 90s,
> though the earliest mention I could find at a quick search was RFC 3598,
> dated 2003.
>

In fact, I was using this feature (with plus or minus) in Shibboleth, a
secure mailing list back in 1995.

And still use plus in order to see whether some particular website leak my
email address.

But that's off topic :)


Eugene
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