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> 'What value does this add over just verifying that the input is of the form {something}@{something}.{something}?' Depends if {something} can contain periods
by Supermancho 2y ago
> 'What value does this add over just verifying that the input is of the form {something}@{something}.{something}?'
Depends if {something} can contain periods for my email.
name@antispam.mydomain.com
- reverendsteveii 2y agosomething is defined as any string of valid characters greater than 0 in length. I'm sure there's some char somewhere that breaks this but in a realistic setting with normal users you won't encounter that edge case and if you do the worst that happens is an email gets returned as non-deliverable