Re: Email address checker
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 43831
interpreted = N
texte = Problem I most often see with commas is people type a comma instead of a dot for the top level domain.DaleOn Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 11:50 PM, Rob Marquardt wrote:> on 9/25/02 3:25 PM, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com so noted... > >> Please be aware that this is only a minimal checker for a potentially >> valid >> e-mail address. The only 100% accurate way to test a given e-mail >> address is >> to sucessfully deliver e-mail to the account. AFAIK, it is legal under >> the >> RFC's to have a comma in an e-mail address (and lots of other odd >> characters). > > Yes, it's only a basic syntax checker. a@b.c will pass as valid. > Primarily > it was used to force AOL users to enter username@aol.com for an email > address instead of User Name as they were prone to do. > > I could have sworn at the time I set it up that I had read an RFC stating > that the comma was an invalid character. It could be removed from the > search > strings if not. > > > Rob Marquardt > Designer/Resident Wirehead > Toast Design ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Problem I most often see with commas is people type a comma instead of a dot for the top level domain.DaleOn Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 11:50 PM, Rob Marquardt wrote:> on 9/25/02 3:25 PM, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com so noted... > >> Please be aware that this is only a minimal checker for a potentially >> valid >> e-mail address. The only 100% accurate way to test a given e-mail >> address is >> to sucessfully deliver e-mail to the account. AFAIK, it is legal under >> the >> RFC's to have a comma in an e-mail address (and lots of other odd >> characters). > > Yes, it's only a basic syntax checker. a@b.c will pass as valid. > Primarily > it was used to force AOL users to enter username@aol.com for an email > address instead of User Name as they were prone to do. > > I could have sworn at the time I set it up that I had read an RFC stating > that the comma was an invalid character. It could be removed from the > search > strings if not. > > > Rob Marquardt > Designer/Resident Wirehead > Toast Design ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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