• ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    There is no requirement to do so, although GMail’s adoption of this non-standard seems to have popularized the practice.

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      1 year ago

      I stand corrected. I haven’t used anything other than proton mail in a while and it works there. I thought it was part of the standard

      • 16percent@burggit.moe
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        1 year ago

        Can confirm Outlook does not. In this situation I would change the email address prior to making the account, or give them an alias to use instead.