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Everyone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz) (e-mail.wtf)

submitted 14 hours ago by TheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 37 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I don't care who the IRS sends, I am not validating emails with spaces on them.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 15 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You shouldn’t be validating emails yourself anyway. Use a library or check for only the @ and then send an email confirmation.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 7 points 4 hours ago

Even if it's a completely valid address and the domain exists, they still might've fat fingered the username part. Going to extreme lengths to validate email addresses is pointless, you still have to send an email to it anyway.

[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago

This is the way.