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Hi guys,

anti-spam in 4.x works really well, and when using plus-addressing, it is easy to see who leaked your email address. The thing is though, that the spammers aren't stupid, so they can recognize plus-addressing. That's why I wanted to be able to change the + (plus) sign to something else. Preferably a . (period). That would look like any other legitimate email address, and not be filtered by spammers.

I know that would mean I wouldn't be able to create email addresses of the form firstname.lastname@domain.com, but that is something I can live with.

Thanks,
jp

I would agree that customization of what is considered the "+" is necessary.  The problem I'm having is that many (many) sites simple do not allow a "+" character in their emails...rendering this feature useless.

As well, the "/" is rarely accepted (used to denote folders). 

My ultimate set of features would be:

1)  Option to identify what the "+" symbol is.  For me, it would likely be a "-" or "_", or as JP above stated, a ".".
2)  Option to identify what the "/" (folder delineation) symbol is. 

It should be allowed so that #1 and #2 can be the SAME symbol (if desired).  So, if that symbol was a "-" then the address al-shopping-amazon@blah.com would go into a Shopping/Amazon folder.

For the time being I've been using "-" and creating aliases (PITA) when sites don't allow the "+"...and there's a lot of 'em.

Thanks for your consideration!
AL