Ask HN: What is the norm for email validation?

Re:Ask HN: What is the norm for email validation? by assafmo on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @09:28AM (#14552514)

Send the user a verification mail.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the norm for email validation? by taylorcooney on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @10:32AM (#14552983)

We do that, but I don't want our server sending a verification email to "[email protected]", it should fix that on the input field.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the norm for email validation? by gt565k on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @05:13PM (#14556170)

.con might be a valid TLD though, there's so many TLDs now.

Just send a verification email...

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Re:Ask HN: What is the norm for email validation? by taylorcooney on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @05:28PM (#14556263)

We do...but then people wait for a verification email that will never arrive (.con vs .com). Ideally, we want to fix this before they register their account. Looking for server-side (rails), service calls and client-side options.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the norm for email validation? by gt565k on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:45AM (#14561459)

I know Mandrill has webhooks that can notify you of events such as bounced emails.

https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205583217-Int...

Wouldn't integrating this help solve the issue, as you can possibly check if you received a bounce for that email shortly after the user attempts to register, and then notify them on the screen?

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