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Everyone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz) (e-mail.wtf)
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[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 35 points 5 days ago (9 children)

I don't validate emails, I test them.

That's your email? OK, what did we send it? if we couldn't send to it or the user can't read it there's no reason to accept it.

OK, maybe I do some light validation first, but I don't trust the email address just because it's email-address-shaped.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (6 children)

What kind of "light validation"? I'm guessing a .*@.* regex match.

[–] qqq@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

@ matches

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