Another issue in 12.1 Notifications

Another issue in 12.1 Notifications

We have another issue with OpManager 12.1 Notifications.  12.1 we are trying to create a new Email notification.  It is not allowing us to use { or } in the "To Email Address"  Example.....{DBATEAM}@company.com.  It says invalid email ID.  11.6 allows for those special characters.  So currently I have 13 groups that I cannot create Email alerts for.  Is this a bug or by design? 

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