     { username, email, password, passwordStatus,
       firstName, lastName, foreignAuth, silence, emailFrequency } = userInfo
 
+    sanitizedEmail = emailsanitize email, excludeDots: yes, excludePlus: yes
+
     emailFrequencyDefaults = {
       global         : on
       daily          : on

        type        : String
        validate    : JName.validateEmail
        set         : emailsanitize
      password      : String
      salt          : String
      twofactorkey  : String

      user = new JUser {
        username
        email
        sanitizedEmail
        salt
        password         : hashPassword password, salt
        passwordStatus   : passwordStatus or 'valid'
