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jeffrey_coleman
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November 11, 2016
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Copilot reporting an invalid email address because of apostrophe

  • November 11, 2016
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I have a power list set up and it's returning 1 failure for an email address with an apostrophe in it. To the best of my knowledge it's a valid email:

https://mailto:john.o'doe@example.com
    Best answer by darkknight
    I guess that isn't universal, because Google Mail won't let you create an email address with an apostrophe:



    neither does Hotmail



    or Yahoo



    or Apple

    4 replies

    todd_atkinson
    todd_atkinson
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    November 11, 2016
    Hey Joe, I have experience this before as well and learned that an apostrophe is typically not accepted in an email and will continue to cause issues for you. I recommend removing it.
    darkknight
    darkknightAnswer
    Expert ⭐️
    November 11, 2016
    I guess that isn't universal, because Google Mail won't let you create an email address with an apostrophe:



    neither does Hotmail



    or Yahoo



    or Apple

    Jeff Kirkpatrick
      swetha_reddy_parava
      swetha_reddy_parava
      Helper ⭐️⭐️
      November 12, 2016
      Thank you Jeff Kirkpatrick for your analysis on this.

      Jeffrey Coleman, 
      However, due to increased number of requests for supporting apostrophe in email address, we have added the support for this and will be available in November release (most probably by November 18)
        jeffrey_coleman
        jeffrey_colemanAuthor
        Helper ⭐️
        November 15, 2016
        Jeff -- definitely thank you for the analysis!

        Swetha -- thanks for the fix to accommodate the folks who didn't do their research. 🙂
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