TheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoEveryone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz)e-mail.wtfexternal-linkmessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1858arrow-down18
arrow-up1850arrow-down1external-linkEveryone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz)e-mail.wtfTheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square137linkfedilink
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·2 months agoI don’t validate emails, I test them. That’s your email? OK, what did we send it? if we couldn’t send to it or the user can’t read it there’s no reason to accept it. OK, maybe I do some light validation first, but I don’t trust the email address just because it’s email-address-shaped.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHooray, you have better security than Apple, who won’t let me use my own email because some idiot in Australia used it first.
I don’t validate emails, I test them.
That’s your email? OK, what did we send it? if we couldn’t send to it or the user can’t read it there’s no reason to accept it.
OK, maybe I do some light validation first, but I don’t trust the email address just because it’s email-address-shaped.
Hooray, you have better security than Apple, who won’t let me use my own email because some idiot in Australia used it first.