<https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/sites/default/files/ms040-2107en-f.pdf>
This is some random government admin form for Australia.
One's email address is to be entered in paragraph 6.
I have never before seen a requirement to enter an email address as
two separate fields, with the @ provided by the form.
I can see where this is headed. The next version of the form will
expect one to select the last element from a drop-down list containing
".com, .net, etc." For sure, some suffix or other will get omitted
from the list, and the poor user will be stuck. [*]
Sylvia.
[*] Of course, this is a PDF form, one can print it out, scribble on
it, and let the government's admin people figure it out, but anyway.
As someone whose email is <firstname>@<first initial+lastname>.net I've
had plenty of trouble with people who don't expect anything but gmail/yahoo/whatever after I say "at", and also get slightly concerned
when I don't finish it all with "dot com".
This has resulted in many
interesting manglings of my email, with the most memorable ending in
@aol.com long after AOL was a going concern.
John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:
As someone whose email is <firstname>@<first initial+lastname>.net I've
had plenty of trouble with people who don't expect anything but
gmail/yahoo/whatever after I say "at", and also get slightly concerned
when I don't finish it all with "dot com".
I usually try to spell mine out, which either goes smoothly or causes so
much confusion that by the end even I'm not sure what my email address
is anymore.
But worst by far though are websites that just say something like
"invalid email" or "spam detected" unless you use a common email
provider's domain (even an uncommon email provider isn't enough for some websites).
John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:
As someone whose email is <firstname>@<first initial+lastname>.net I've
had plenty of trouble with people who don't expect anything but
gmail/yahoo/whatever after I say "at", and also get slightly concerned
when I don't finish it all with "dot com".
I usually try to spell mine out, which either goes smoothly or
causes so much confusion that by the end even I'm not sure what
my email address is anymore.
But worst by far though are websites that just say something like
"invalid email" or "spam detected" unless you use a common email
provider's domain (even an uncommon email provider isn't enough
for some websites).
John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:
As someone whose email is <firstname>@<first initial+lastname>.net I've
had plenty of trouble with people who don't expect anything but
gmail/yahoo/whatever after I say "at", and also get slightly concerned
when I don't finish it all with "dot com".
I usually try to spell mine out, which either goes smoothly or
causes so much confusion that by the end even I'm not sure what
my email address is anymore.
But worst by far though are websites that just say something like
"invalid email" or "spam detected" unless you use a common email
provider's domain (even an uncommon email provider isn't enough
for some websites).
Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> wrote:
I am one of those who use addresses of the form 'company@example.com',
with 'company' being the name of the people to whom I am giving the
address.
A certain professional society got most upset at THEIR name being part
of my email address, implying I was running some kind of scam. To be
fair, they were OK once they finally understood.
I've had that actually blocked. I think it was aliexpress@example.com
being rejected from registering, but ali@example.com is fine.
On 2023-07-05, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:
As someone whose email is <firstname>@<first initial+lastname>.net
I've had plenty of trouble with people who don't expect anything but
gmail/yahoo/whatever after I say "at", and also get slightly concerned
when I don't finish it all with "dot com".
I usually try to spell mine out, which either goes smoothly or causes
so much confusion that by the end even I'm not sure what my email
address is anymore.
But worst by far though are websites that just say something like
"invalid email" or "spam detected" unless you use a common email
provider's domain (even an uncommon email provider isn't enough for
some websites).
just so that this isn't seen as common - I have a personal domain and
email and have never had a problem with people or web sites questioning
my email address in 20 odd years.
I am one of those who use addresses of the form 'company@example.com',
with 'company' being the name of the people to whom I am giving the
address.
A certain professional society got most upset at THEIR name being part of
my email address, implying I was running some kind of scam. To be fair,
they were OK once they finally understood.
<https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/sites/default/files/ms040-2107en-f.pdf>
This is some random government admin form for Australia.
One's email address is to be entered in paragraph 6.
I have never before seen a requirement to enter an email address as two separate fields, with the @ provided by the form.
I can see where this is headed. The next version of the form will expect
one to select the last element from a drop-down list containing ".com,
.net, etc." For sure, some suffix or other will get omitted from the
list, and the poor user will be stuck. [*]
Sylvia.
[*] Of course, this is a PDF form, one can print it out, scribble on it,
and let the government's admin people figure it out, but anyway.
On Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:11:43 +0000, Jim Jackson wrote:
On 2023-07-05, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
But worst by far though are websites that just say something like
"invalid email" or "spam detected" unless you use a common email
provider's domain (even an uncommon email provider isn't enough for
some websites).
just so that this isn't seen as common - I have a personal domain and
email and have never had a problem with people or web sites questioning
my email address in 20 odd years.
I used to get the TLD rejected, but it's been OK for some years now.
(it's .CX)
just so that this isn't seen as common - I have a personal domain and
email and have never had a problem with people or web sites questioning
my email address in 20 odd years.
Jim Jackson wrote:
just so that this isn't seen as common - I have a personal domain and
email and have never had a problem with people or web sites questioning
my email address in 20 odd years.
I've had cases where people assume I've given them an incorrect email address, so they've "corrected it" e.g. I give them theircompanyname@andyburns.uk and they send to theircompanyname@andyburns.CO.uk
The inability to enter a bang-path email will not be a source of
many calls to the help line, I wager.
The inability to enter a bang-path email will not be a source of
many calls to the help line, I wager.
I think they won't be able to deliver it - they most likely don't
support UUCP.
On Thu, 06 Jul 2023 07:46:06 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
Jim Jackson wrote:
just so that this isn't seen as common - I have a personal domain and
email and have never had a problem with people or web sites questioning
my email address in 20 odd years.
I've had cases where people assume I've given them an incorrect email
address, so they've "corrected it" e.g. I give them
theircompanyname@andyburns.uk and they send to
theircompanyname@andyburns.CO.uk
Me too. In my case, bobeager.uk (for the website too, they say it's not
there because they use .co.uk)
Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> writes:
On Thu, 06 Jul 2023 07:46:06 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
I've had cases where people assume I've given them an incorrect email
address, so they've "corrected it" e.g. I give them
theircompanyname@andyburns.uk and they send to
theircompanyname@andyburns.CO.uk
Me too. In my case, bobeager.uk (for the website too, they say it's not there because they use .co.uk)
I've had people *in Canada*, who notionally should know better, correct
my [user]@[hostname].ca to [user]@[hostname].com.
[hostname].com
resolves and has an MX so the clue-challenged sender doesn't get any
clue back.
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