Re: Vertical Bar in email address

2009-07-07 Thread James Devenish
Hi, 2009/7/7 Steven Knowles : > Has anyone ever used or seen the vertical bar, or pipe, on a keyboard used > as part of an email address? Yes, the "username" part of e-mail addresses can contain a variety of allowed punctuation (including apostrophes). As an example that Clyde mentioned, the plu

Re: Vertical Bar in email address

2009-07-07 Thread Clyde McLennan
Hi Steven, I haven't heard of a vertical bar being used, but I have heard of a plus sign. I'm a bit vague on the details about the plus sign, but I think some systems ignore everything after it, whereas some others only use upto the plus sign to get your address, but the after the p

Vertical Bar in email address

2009-07-07 Thread Steven Knowles
Not specifically a Mac question, but I'm using a Mac so hopefully it passes the test. Has anyone ever used or seen the vertical bar, or pipe, on a keyboard used as part of an email address? I've just come across one, thinking it was a mistake, but a test email tells me that Apple Mail con