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"plus emails" bypass email taken check #166

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searinminecraft opened this issue Jun 13, 2024 · 3 comments
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"plus emails" bypass email taken check #166

searinminecraft opened this issue Jun 13, 2024 · 3 comments

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@searinminecraft
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If you use an email and add +whateveryouwant before the domain (example: [email protected], it effectively bypasses the checking if the email is taken or not, as it will think its distinct and will proceed with the registration anyway.

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@qwertychouskie
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This is expected behavior, the whole idea of "plus emails" is that you can have unlimited unique email addresses that have all their emails show up in the same inbox.

@searinminecraft
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This is expected behavior, the whole idea of "plus emails" is that you can have unlimited unique email addresses that have all their emails show up in the same inbox.

Yes. The problem here is that people may take advantage of that for spam or abuse.

@qwertychouskie
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Any person can create any number of email addresses, plus addresses are just a convenience.

IMHO this is a wontfix.

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