# Text after + in an email address being disregarded in uniqueness check

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-after-in-an-email-address-being-disregarded-in-uniqueness-check/358891>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** email, signup\
**Created:** [March 26, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-after-in-an-email-address-being-disregarded-in-uniqueness-check/358891 "2025-03-26T08:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-after-in-an-email-address-being-disregarded-in-uniqueness-check/358891/4 "2025-03-26T12:12:07Z")

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> [@ma0sm](#):
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> and you already have email accounts using + signs

I think this setting is also the cause of the 500 fatal error our users are getting when trying to change their email address to one with a + sign in it.

Perhaps it should not be enabled if such accounts already exist.

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