[FIXED] + not allowed in email addresses

[sgrayban]

If a client uses a + in the username the address is not allowed...

 

eg:

user+borgnet@gmail.com

 

You get the error:

 

The email address you entered was not valid

[bear]

Seeing as that's an invalid email address, how is this a bug, exactly?

Well not exactly invalid, but most systems will fall down while using sub addressing with "+".

[sgrayban]

No its not. Google allow/uses + for delimiters when you need to separate emails.

 

See:

http://www.toolnext.com/2008/04/gmail-how-to-use-plus-sign-for.html

[bear]

Gmail does, not everyone does. That was the main point, and explained at the link I'd provided.

[sgrayban]

So its a bug when a email address works and WHMCS says its invalid. Your link also provided http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233 which lays out the active rules.

 

And in your own words "most systems will fall down while using sub addressing with "+" so that isn't 100% and since gmail allows this and others to do like the - that yahoo allows is valid and doesn't violate any RFC since RFC5233 is the guideline.

Edited April 18, 2010 by sgrayban

[Matt]

Hi,

 

Attached is an update for the includes folder that will resolve this.

 

Matt

clientfunctions.zip

[sgrayban]

Thanks Matt, that fixed the error.