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Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses by DHowett on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:14PM (#12450030)
a@[IPv6:2001::1] is, unfortunately for your validation regex, a valid e-mail address.

[EDIT: I see that you consider TLD-free e-mail addresses undeliverable; still!]

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Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses by bbcbasic on Thursday September 08, 2016 @01:05AM (#12450416) 

  .+@.+
FTW?
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Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses by mnkypete on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:29AM (#12450965)
That's what we do. Everything else is just lying to yourself and hoping for the best..
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Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses by Senji on Friday September 09, 2016 @02:18AM (#12459984)
Enjoy getting a billion e-mails per second written to root@localhost
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Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses by bbcbasic on Friday September 09, 2016 @03:37AM (#12460263)
As if. There would be a single confirmation email sent which would not be clicked.
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Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses by regularfry on Thursday September 08, 2016 @07:53AM (#12452138)
Or, more simply, `.@.`.
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