Re: Re: email address syntax checker
| From: | Marc Guay | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:41:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: email address syntax checker | ||
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> In fact I'm wondering why the OP doesn't just do what every other site
> seems to do - accept the registering user's input as valid, and ask them
> to validate it by sending them an email address to that address.
It still makes sense to validate the format of the address as soon as
possible. The way you describe it the problem will have to be dealt
with further down the pipe when email is sent to "haha your form
doesn't have@validation!". Why not grab it before it gets that far?