Google doesn’t like plus-addressing, sometimes

Posted on 1 November 2007
Filed under Internet

Google Alerts plus-addressing screenshot
Google, known for offering plus-addressing to users of Gmail, doesn’t actually support sending to plus addresses with its Alerts service.

Finally, the illusion of Google’s perfect single-mindedness as an organization is cracked. At last, one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing!

To be fair, Alerts is still in beta. (Hey, it’s only been around for three years, give them some time.)

Of course, Google Alerts is far from the only subscription service whose Web form struggles with plus-addressing. This is an unhappy fact I’ve noticed since I started using plus-addressing. Webmasters of the world: do not do this. It breaks an RFC, don’cha know.

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