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		thanksforfish on April 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unverified.email > create a mailbox via HTTP GET request I'd suggest a POST here. Theres some extra web browser checks against sending cross origin POSTs that GETs don't have. The GET makes abuse easier.

zedr on April 8, 2020 [–]

GET can also be cached by intermediate proxies. This can cause failures that are very hard to troubleshoot. POST cannot be cached and therefore is more suited to this type of action.

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