Re:Complexities of e-mail validation logic
by bradknowles on Saturday May 29, 2021 @02:22AM
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This falls into the category of the classic “Stupid shit that most programmers believe”.
Fundamentally, the problem is that if you’re trying to validate an e-mail address as being correct and you’re not sending an actual e-mail message to that address, then you’re doing it wrong.
Fundamentally, the problem is that if you’re trying to validate an e-mail address as being correct and you’re not sending an actual e-mail message to that address, then you’re doing it wrong.
We learned this lesson back in 1995, people.