Subj : emailval.js accepts incomplete email addresses
To   : echicken
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Aug 31 2024 06:39 pm

  Re: emailval.js accepts incomplete email addresses
  By: echicken to Codefenix on Sat Aug 31 2024 09:05 pm

 >   Re: emailval.js accepts incomplete email addresses
 >   By: Codefenix to All on Thu Aug 29 2024 08:30:51
 >
 >  Co> if (user.netmail.indexOf(".") < 0 && user.netmail.indexOf("@") < 0) {
 >
 > If you *really* want to check if an email address is valid, then there's a
 > whole rabbit hole of standards and regex fun you can go down.
 >
 > I have to wonder why/if this is even necessary in the context of email
 > validation. If the email address is fucked, then the user will not get
 > validated. If they want to gain access, they'll need to supply a working
 > address. Sort of a self-solving problem right?

I think it'd be more user-friendly if the script only supports Internet mail (which in this case, I think it's expected) and it rejected (with a friendly message) any invalid Internet mail addresses, just in case the user wasn't intentionally trying to fool the script, but rather just typoed or assumed a FidoNet or QWKnet address could be used (maybe they can?). I don't know, I didn't actually write the script in question.
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