Masked email

[truemagic]

Originally Posted by SideshowBob

Presumably, they have to keep track of them to prevent accidental reuse of a deleted address.

This, I think is the main logic behind the decision. But still find it unacceptable that I have something that feels "left behind" and "uncleaned" when it comes to non-deletable masked email address. Especially when it's using my own domain, why should I care if FM will reuse the same name (coincidentally) in the future?

At the moment I have a few deleted masked emails which were used for testing out the feature, and to think they will forever be kept in my settings is just not perfect, maybe I'm a perfectionist (or obsessed of total control of things lol)

[SideshowBob]

Originally Posted by truemagic

Especially when it's using my own domain, why should I care if FM will reuse the same name (coincidentally) in the future?

If you deleted an address because it was receiving a lot spam and viruses, you wouldn't want it to reuse it.

[TheJapanese]

Originally Posted by TenFour

For some reason FM keeps email addresses active forever it seems. I was an early ….

Same with Telephone Numbers. They will keep them forever and have them connected to your account.

Don‘t if it‘s good or not - but they‘re doing it this way.

[Bamb0]

Hmm they didnt used to...... If ya didnt check in every 2 or 3 months they closed the acct.....


I dunno......

[unbob]

I've had numerous problems with the embedded "dot" email address for many years when trying to register on a web site or forum - where the entered email address was rejected as being "invalid".

As others here have mentioned, the "dot" is indeed totally legit according to published standards.

The only reason this problem exists is due to the ignorance and stupidity of some web site developers.

Another example of this stupidity is rejecting an email address because "spam" is part of the domain name - specifically "spamgourmet.com" which is a long-established anti-spam email service.

Sad and frustrating that such stupidity is allowed to exist on the internet.

[unbob]

Originally Posted by ewal

Any ideas of being able to create a masked email address without the period "."?

Here's one: https://wirelessjoint.com/ucp.php?mode=register

This error message when entering email address with embedded "." : "Please note that you will need to enter a valid email address before your account is activated"

[hans2010]

Originally Posted by unbob

The only reason this problem exists is due to the ignorance and stupidity of some web site developers.

Sadly, the above seems to be the answer to the question.

I wish developers were getting smarter rather than the other way around. Perhaps the issue is societal trends, but I suppose that's a bigger issue than we can deal with in our little forum here.