What's that thing called where I can input email#sometopic@example.com where it is either still sent to the main inbox or sent to a folder sometopic, depending on server settings? I am having trouble searching for it, though both gmail and other email providers observe it.
@lucifargundam Wording seems to be my challenge here. The point is that I can send mail to email#sometopic@example.com and it is received by email@example.com and then, possibly if imap has been set up this way, put in to a folder "sometopic". Various email providers support this, and it's an easy way to keep track of logins for types of sites, but I can't remember what this feature is called.
@worldsendless
I know putting a "+" followed by more text after the address and before the @ will always end up in the same inbox.
It's a mailto URI extension. I don't know if it has a specific name or a standard attached to it.
A SMTP server can do whatever it wants with the mail that is delivered to it. When you send mail to anystring@domain.tld, it is delivered to the SMTP and then the server can process that anyway it wants. For example, some servers treat that string as case senative, while to others they are the same.
I don't know if a hash (#) is allowed in that string under the mailto scheme. You can look it up in the RFC (RFC 6068).
But otherwise, the server can do what it wants and sort and file and process that string (and the message that came with it) to its hearts content.
@Pat I was mistaken -- it's actually a :, not a #
@worldsendless
Not sure what you're talking about. Could you reword your question? Are you talking about a redirect or forward?