Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

Geek, programmer, gamer, humorist, volleyballer. Lover of Belgian ales and all things sci/tech/gadget. Wilton, NY, USA Joined April 2008

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

a year ago

Hey @marriot please go read the SMTP RFC so I can use an email address with a plus sign in it.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

a year ago

Hey @IHGCorporate help me give you my money. The email address entered is valid. Please check the RFC and try again.

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.@turbotax @Intuit 32 days later, I still can't create an account, and you still refuse to acknowledge any issue on your side. Shout out to the exec who decided that TurboTax should require a live login for activation, enjoy your bonus. After 25 years, I'm switching to H&R Block.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

2 years ago

Hey @Intuit your account creation has been broken for at least two days. Your support says there are no outages and they can't create an account for me. So now I can't use the locally installed software that I paid for because I can't create an account to activate it.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

2 years ago

Hey @Walgreens this is a valid email address.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Hey @GE_Appliances I imagine that this information has been long lost to the ether, but I'd like to virtual high-five whoever had the idea to put the part number for this switch on the outside of the front panel in large clear letters. #YouDaRealMVP

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Hey @shoptemu this *is* a valid email address. Please have your developers read RFC 5321.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Oi @RockstarGames come on mate, make me create an online account for a game that doesn't have online content and then don't even accept my email address because you incorrectly think plus signs aren't valid characters? Please go read the RFC.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Hey @_Visionworks this _is_ a valid email address...

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Hey @ChoiceHotels please tell your programmers that plus signs are valid characters in email addresses. Help me give you my money.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Hey @azulletech can you confirm that the Byte 4 Elite is fanless? Your web site seems to indicate that indirectly but I can't find specific mention of it for this particular model.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Awesome seeing an Amiga 1000 with all the correct peripherals in @Stranger_Things, but the mouse isn't plugged in! :)

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

3 years ago

Dear @AIGinsurance, please pass this message to whoever decided it was a good idea to disable pasting into password fields on the new customer portal site: "Stop it. Implement 2FA."

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

4 years ago

Hey @AskCitizensBank how is it possible that you don't offer 2FA on your site in 2022?

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

4 years ago

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

4 years ago

I'm looking at you, JIRA.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

4 years ago

Hey @SocialSecurity plus signs are valid in email addresses, but your site doesn't allow them.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

4 years ago

Me: Welp I guess it's time to mow the lawn. Hornets: Fuck you, this is our lawn now.

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Alex Howansky @alex_howansky

4 years ago

If your email signature includes text like, "Add me to your contacts list to ensure delivery," then maybe the problem isn't that you're absent from my contacts list. Maybe... just maybe... the problem is that your messages look an awful lot like spam.