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

submitted 4 days ago by TheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 7 points 4 days ago (6 children)

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

[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Almost correct. ^.+@.+$

Too hard to validate properly to be worth it. Even if it is technically valid that's insufficient. It must also work, and the easiest way to test that is to use it and verify that the user got what we sent.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I see you accept lemmy handles.

[–] TomasEkeli@programming.dev 9 points 4 days ago

if i can email them and the user gets it - fine by me

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