When I try to log in with an email address that has "+" in the name, it then asks me to sign up, then when I try and sign up, it says I already have an account and says to login. Thus creating a loop.
Have they pushed an update disallowing "+" in email address? Last Play Store release was in April? So that last major update which changed the way you login (from password, to email verification), might have set them up to shortly thereafter disable "+" at serverside?
So you know who's leaked your details
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/12/19/gmail-email-address…
For example, whenever you sign up for a newsletter, you could use [email protected]. Gmail will not look at what comes after the plus sign in the address so that the emails will come straight to your inbox. However, you will still see those messages addressed with the +newsletters part, making them easy to spot.
Brilliant, thanks
It does automatically label emails with whatever is after the +, or at least it used to…? (never used the + function)
Classic software dev fail. Probably a poorly thought-through patch. Not really surprising given the quality of the app as a whole.
Yep, probably a new dev changed the regular expression check.
Is it really a fail if it unintentionally killed off all the duplicate accounts users and new account etc deals abuse lol?
well yeah, coz not everyone is using it for duplicate accounts. Also, if a + is valid in an email address then they should treat it as valid.
I often use a + so I can easily filter incoming email based on its origin.
Wouldn't be surprised if a corporation like maccas think it's a small price to pay or that it's a niche edge case affecting only a few people.
Just create more addresses on outlook.com or wherever.
Try replacing the + with \+
It does not allow \, thus cannot escape it.
+@gmail not working
.@gmail Still working
Thought you were stating these were equivalent, but upon second read you are not.
Since I'd already written most of this, I'm still commenting it to inform others
[email protected] = [email protected] = [email protected]
Gmail ignores the . when resolving which account to send the email to.
[email protected] → [email protected] not [email protected]
Gmail ignores the + and the following text when resolving which account to send the email to. (notice how even OzBargain didn't automatically hyperlink the one with the + in it…)
Thanks, this sucks.
I lose a bunch of accounts and points.
Does anyone have an old version of the app they can test with? Prior to April update?
Bit of a pain too since you can't login so you also can't delete those accounts which has to be done in-app. Glad I was just using google pay the whole time and didn't have credit card details saved in those.
just use duck.com, can generate unique email addresses and removes tracking from emails for you.
Same issue. Didn't stop them spamming me emails to offers in accounts that I can now no longer get to :)
Bit like the Websites that have broken regular expressions for validating passwords.. you use long random passwords (I use them generated by a password vault) but the stupid websites complain they are not secure enough .
Call me cynical but it's probably deliberate so they can sell lists of email addresses with less chance of you noticing.
A lot of corporates are banning +email signing up. They don't want you tracking them… only the other way 'round.
This change seems to have been pushed on the app-side, not the server side, in my opinion.
It's possible to still log in using an old version of the app. But to continue doing this, one would need a way of bypassing the screen that says the app is unsupported (which results in closure of the app).
How old? Haven't tried it myself yet but does the maccas app warn you as soon as it's one update out of date or only after several?
I tried rolling back from 8.6.3 to 8.6.0 and it said I needed to update, so I rolled it back to 8.6.2 and it worked by sadly the sign in had the same issue of treating my existing account like a new user.
Damn can only hope they eventually get around to fixing it if it wasn't an intentional side effect. Then again it took them ages to fix the previous issue from when they first started rolling out this email verification to log in feature, the one where it locked you out from logging into too many accounts consecutively.
Welp, this explains why when I tried to login to the maccas app today it failed, I have a +maccas after my email. Going to be unimpressed since I have some points on that account.
https://survey.medallia.com.au/contactus?insvid=1887f1f6617d…
Can you contact them and ask why they disabled "+"? Would be interesting to see if they divulge any info.
Well now I know its due to the + in my email I am going to contact them tomorrow and hope for the best.
Still no reply from Maccas and haven't seen an update yet. How do I get an older version of the app?
Appears to be fixed. Went to log in today and let me log in with my email.
Can confirm as well. Guess this means it was unintentional then.
Nice, works for me too. How interesting that they rolled this out by accident.
Did they ever reply to you? Maybe it was your bug report that they fixed.
And now their app prevents pasting in to the email field when you sign in. :|
Still works if you use google keyboard etc password manager and it autofills.
Out of curiosity, why did you have a ‘+’ in your email address?