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		sosilkj on Feb 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let’s talk about usernames Agreed. From RFC 2822: "The local-part portion is a domain dependent string." Headaches await you if your code is making a lot of assumptions about how the originating domain manages that local-part portion.

oakesm9 on Feb 12, 2018 [–]

Apple ID's make assumptions (they strip out the + and everything after it) and it's made it a nightmare to use iTunes Connect. Their multiple account support is still terrible so it's easiest to have an Apple ID per iTunes Connect account. Now I need to setup actual aliases in my GSuite account...

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