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Even Gmail, what I would consider a gold standard, only allows letters, numbers, and periods. So when you're done accusing me of not being someone viable for a
by Kequc 11y ago
Even Gmail, what I would consider a gold standard, only allows letters, numbers, and periods. So when you're done accusing me of not being someone viable for a position anywhere important maybe you should send a message outlining the same argument to Google.
- Spivak 11y agoHuh, Gmail completely implements RFC5321 and you can send and receive email from any valid address, even from their web client, and they validate the email address. I stand by my position, failing to implement the spec correctly should be considered an error even when Google does it. If you want a compromise, how about printing "we don't support email addresses with X" if you want to be picky for SPAM detection, simplicity, or something rather than "this email address isn't valid." Google does this for some valid-but-not-accepted addresses on their signup page but it's not sophisticated enough to catch everything.