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Re:Complexities of e-mail validation logic by moojd on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:18AM (#27263991)
I was unable to provide my email address for a retail rewards program last week because the input field for the domain was a dropdown in their POS. Not the TLD, the entire part of the email after '@'!
Re:Complexities of e-mail validation logic by jacobkg on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:22AM (#27264688)
Yes this is terrible. On the other hand, if your goal is to prevent people from signing up using disposable domains, the blacklist approach (which I have tried before) is a never ending game of whack a mole.

Sounds like this was in person at store though which is extra weird because seems unlikely that scammers would be trying to sign up en masse at a physical location (unlike if the form is connected to the internet)

Re:Complexities of e-mail validation logic by StavrosK on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:32AM (#27264141)
Jeez, wow. How many domains were in that box?
Re:Complexities of e-mail validation logic by bassdropvroom on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:41AM (#27264895)
"There are other emails besides gmail and hotmail? Woah!" - the person who thought that was a good idea, probably.
Re:Complexities of e-mail validation logic by sellyme on Monday May 24, 2021 @11:03PM (#27272202)
There is absolutely no way that someone who thought building a dropdown for email domain name is a good idea wasn't putting AOL and Yahoo! as the first two options.
Re:Complexities of e-mail validation logic by skhr0680 on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:43AM (#27264913)
Until about a decade ago, this was extremely common in Japan. RIP mobile email, another victim of smartphones in general and the iPhone in particular