E-mail validators that fail to validate correct addresses
2010-05-12

This drives me nuts. Forms that simply reject e-mail addresses with a + in them (perfectly valid according to the standards/RFC's - see RFC 2822 3.2.4 Atom - definition of atext).

Why would you want a + ? Well - in my case it allows me to have [email protected] - therefore allowing me to use unique addresses per site I use. All pretty normal stuff. But - web validators just don't seem to get it (and in some cases the companies behind it aren't interested in fixing it either). Only a short list to start with (there have been more instances of this than I can recall right now).

Sites that do the same thing (will be added to as I find more):

gigaset.siemens.com
geocaching.com
groundspeak.com
britishairways.com
steampowered.com
pearltrees.com
marksandspencer.com
lynda.com
play.com

Reasonably uninteresting - but - really annoying.