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Lewisham
on Jan 7, 2013
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Validating email addresses via anything but verification links are a road to hell.
mlarratt
on Jan 7, 2013
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True, but it's not a bad idea to check for an @ in the string as a sanity check, in case the user has accidentally put their username/password/other in the field.
eru
on Jan 10, 2013
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Why? Just restrict your validation in the UI to a warning.
For email addresses, most deviations from a simple pattern are mistakes.
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