# New signup with old email including + doesnt work in rest API

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 7, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-signup-with-old-email-including-doesnt-work-in-rest-api/267594 "2023-06-07T20:39:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![hosna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hosna/32/99969_2.png) [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-signup-with-old-email-including-doesnt-work-in-rest-api/267594/10 "2023-06-07T22:37:49Z")

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hmmm

it seems the normalized email is blocked. 🤔

I mean if [email@gmail.com](mailto:email@gmail.com) is blocked, then [email+1@gmail.com](mailto:email+1@gmail.com) is blocked too. it is wierd to me when I have not normalized email option selected.

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