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Dropbox sync w/ e-mail that has a + (plus) sign.

TomKro
TomKro
edited March 2011 in Android
I have a drop box account with an email address that has a plus sign and 1Password for Android isn't playing nice. (I haven't had any issues with my iPhone or Mac version). I assume it is a minor bugs, but wanted to let you know about it. (e.g. name+dropbox@example.com)
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  • GeneY
    GeneY AWS Team
    edited March 2011
    Hi TomKro,



    Thank you for the feedback.

    I am not sure if plus sign is allowed in the standard email format (I need to do a research on this topic and will make a change in the next version of the application if it is so).

    I always thought that only standard letters, numbers, dashes and underscores were supported in the username part of the email.

    Even if plus signs are allowed, I admit your email format is quite unusual.



    In any case, there is a huge variety of email validation routines. If you are familiar with this topic I can say that for the email validation I use a standard regular expression

    [b]^[\\w\\.=-]+@[\\w\\.-]+\\.[\\w]{2,4}$[/b] which is used in very many applications. This expression doesn't allow plus signs in username.



    Please let me know if you need more information.



    Thank you and best regards,

    Gene

    Android developer



    [quote name='TomKro' timestamp='1300379007' post='22608']

    I have a drop box account with an email address that has a plus sign and 1Password for Android isn't playing nice. (I haven't had any issues with my iPhone or Mac version). I assume it is a minor bugs, but wanted to let you know about it. (e.g. name+dropbox@example.com)

    [/quote]
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  • Chris D
    Chris D
    Gene,



    Can we get this added since it is a preferred SPAM fighting method.



    You can see Google's Blog post about how to utilize + and . in such ways.



    http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html



    Thanks

    Chris
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    [quote name='Chris D' timestamp='1300830117' post='22989']

    Gene,



    Can we get this added since it is a preferred SPAM fighting method.



    You can see Google's Blog post about how to utilize + and . in such ways.



    http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html



    Thanks

    Chris

    [/quote]



    I'll agree with you here Chris, it's a great feature provided by gmail and many other e-mail systems, however not all sites actually let you use the your.name+something@gmail.com format, I've run into this a few times.
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  • GeneY
    GeneY AWS Team
    edited March 2011
    Hi Chris,



    I completely agree with you, however plus sign in the email address is a pretty new thing though.

    I made a research, none of the regular expressions available on internet and used for the email format validation (there are tons of them) account for

    the plus sign.



    No problem, I wrote my own expression, it will be available in the next 1Password for Android release coming in the next few days. This time your dropbox username will be processed correctly.

    Please stay tuned for the updates.



    Best regards,

    Gene









    [quote name='Chris D' timestamp='1300830117' post='22989']

    Gene,



    Can we get this added since it is a preferred SPAM fighting method.



    You can see Google's Blog post about how to utilize + and . in such ways.



    http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html



    Thanks

    Chris

    [/quote]
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  • Chris D
    Chris D
    edited March 2011
    [quote name='GeneY' timestamp='1300913826' post='23058']

    Hi Chris,



    I completely agree with you, however plus sign in the email address is a pretty new thing though.

    I made a research, none of the regular expressions available on internet and used for the email format validation (there are tons of them) account for

    the plus sign.



    No problem, I wrote my own expression, it will be available in the next 1Password for Android release coming in the next few days. This time your dropbox username will be processed correctly.

    Please stay tuned for the updates.



    Best regards,

    Gene

    [/quote]



    Thanks Gene!!! You Rock.



    FYI I have found a ton of regex post dated 2005 that allow for + in the username of the email address (I actually used it a lot in the days that I used qmail) but I actually found someone who created one just for the case of Google's Filters feature:



    http://www.dustindiaz.com/update-your-email-regexp/



    Not sure how it compares to yours but figured you'd be interested.



    -Chris
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  • GeneY
    GeneY AWS Team
    Hi Chris,



    Thank you for the interesting info, now I see where plus sign comes from, that is a unique Google feature !

    The new release of 1Password for Android will be posted in the next two days and will take into consideration the plus sign.



    Regards,

    Gene





    [quote name='Chris D' timestamp='1300923935' post='23070']

    Thanks Gene!!! You Rock.



    FYI I have found a ton of regex post dated 2005 that allow for + in the username of the email address (I actually used it a lot in the days that I used qmail) but I actually found someone who created one just for the case of Google's Filters feature:



    http://www.dustindiaz.com/update-your-email-regexp/



    Not sure how it compares to yours but figured you'd be interested.



    -Chris

    [/quote]
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  • Chris D
    Chris D
    [quote name='GeneY' timestamp='1300975294' post='23112']

    Hi Chris,



    Thank you for the interesting info, now I see where plus sign comes from, that is a unique Google feature !

    The new release of 1Password for Android will be posted in the next two days and will take into consideration the plus sign.



    Regards,

    Gene

    [/quote]



    Google did a great job of implementing this feature but I still recall eons ago how it was actually handled in spam-filters, folders, forwarders, etc... this is actually a pretty good write-up:



    http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/08/24/email_addresses_with_a_are_valid.html



    Good read and took me back over 10 years of email filtering <img src='http://forum.agile.ws/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />... LOL
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  • TomKro
    TomKro
    GeneY,



    Thanks for doing this. Whether it is very common or not, it is something that I've used on every site I've been able to. I appreciate that it'll be there in a couple days so I can use 1Password with my new phone. It has been a great app for all the platforms I've used it for.



    [quote name='GeneY' timestamp='1300975294' post='23112']

    Thank you for the interesting info, now I see where plus sign comes from, that is a unique Google feature !

    The new release of 1Password for Android will be posted in the next two days and will take into consideration the plus sign.

    [/quote]
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  • GeneY
    GeneY AWS Team
    Hi TomKro,



    Thank you for the good words about Agile product family, I always feel very happy to hear good words from our customers.



    Just wanted to let you know that the new release of 1Password for Android is already available for download on Market.

    The issue with plus sign in email address has been fixed.



    Please install the application and give it a try.



    Best regards,

    Gene



    [quote name='TomKro' timestamp='1301172862' post='23321']

    GeneY,



    Thanks for doing this. Whether it is very common or not, it is something that I've used on every site I've been able to. I appreciate that it'll be there in a couple days so I can use 1Password with my new phone. It has been a great app for all the platforms I've used it for.

    [/quote]
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