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Famously valid email address parsing is far from trivial[1] - I wouldn't be so quick to judge! 1. https://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html https://www.r

• nagaiaida 5mo ago
  that's an excellent reason why one shouldn't validate emails by parsing, not an excuse for barring valid emails through poorly implemented validation
  • sudb 5mo ago
    sure, but I was replying to a complaint about failure to parse, not existence of parsing isn't the real pragmatic answer to parse out known invalid email address strings, and only attempt to deliver an email if unsure?
    • xboxnolifes 5mo ago
      not parsing is a form of parsing... you're just accepting everything.
    • bobbiechen 5mo ago
      Sending emails that bounce is a really good way to increase the chance that your subsequent emails end up in spam.