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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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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 6 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.