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Everyone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz) (e-mail.wtf)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

The spec is so complex that it’s not even possible to know which regex to use

Yes. Almost like a regex is not the correct tool to use, and instead they should use a well-tested library function to validate email addresses.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Exactly! But its not obvios. So most of those shitty websites don't even know they have a problem.

    Then there are also people ignoring it on purpose. I once read a reddit comment saying 'well of your address looks like "John wick 🐶❤️"@2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 I don't event want your email in my DB because oit will break something

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