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Mo Validation Mo Problems (lemmy.world)
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[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 218 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (27 children)

Jokes aside, I have been blocked many times by overzealous email validation. Yes, my email has a plus sign in it. This is allowed under RFC5322, so deal with it. It is better to have no validation at all than incorrect validation.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 203 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

A plus sign? That's nothing, LOL

Quote:

If you disagree, or have any other comments, feel free to email me at

'*+-/=?^_`{|}~#$@[IPv6:2602:f977:800:0:e276:63ff:fe72:3900]

-- if your mail client lets you, that is.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 4 points 4 days ago

Nice, I was able to send an email to that.

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