TheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agoEveryone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz)e-mail.wtfexternal-linkmessage-square131linkfedilinkarrow-up1802arrow-down17
arrow-up1795arrow-down1external-linkEveryone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz)e-mail.wtfTheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square131linkfedilink
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-218 hours agoAlmost correct. ^.+@.+$ Too hard to validate properly to be worth it. Even if it is technically valid that’s insufficient. It must also work, and the easiest way to test that is to use it and verify that the user got what we sent.
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours agoWould pass first validation, but fail when we try to send an email. Successfully failed.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours agoI see you accept lemmy handles.
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 hours agoif i can email them and the user gets it - fine by me
Almost correct. ^.+@.+$
Too hard to validate properly to be worth it. Even if it is technically valid that’s insufficient. It must also work, and the easiest way to test that is to use it and verify that the user got what we sent.
@@@Would pass first validation, but fail when we try to send an email.
Successfully failed.
I see you accept lemmy handles.
if i can email them and the user gets it - fine by me