• BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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    8 months ago

    Pretty funny considering the @ is pretty much the only character that’s absolutely necessary in an email address

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      8 months ago

      You need at least one dot between the @ and the last character. You used to be able to say that you needed a . as either the third or fourth character from the end, but now that we have TLDs that aren’t two or three characters, you can’t be that specific.

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        8 months ago

        I believe that according to the RFC you can send mail to @localhost, the period is not strictly necessary

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        8 months ago

        What about ip6 address as a host? They don’t use dots. You can also specify a ip4 address as just a single number. Also there is a tld with an Mx record, which would mean there is no dots either. Best to just check for one or more characters before and after the at sign, then send an email to verify.

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    8 months ago

    Who says it’s bad design? Maybe they hate receiving feedback. Seems like pretty great design through that lens.

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      8 months ago

      “Your email field doesn’t work.”

      “Oh. That’s too bad. You should make a bug report.”

      *you need an account to make a bug report*

      *you need an email address to make an account*

      *it’s the same email field*