I also reached out to them on Twitter but they directed me to this form. I followed up with them on Twitter with what happened in this screenshot but they are now ignoring me.
I also reached out to them on Twitter but they directed me to this form. I followed up with them on Twitter with what happened in this screenshot but they are now ignoring me.
The only correct regex for email is:
.+@.+
So long as the address has a local part, the at sign, and a hostname, it’s a valid email address.
Whether it goes somewhere is the tricky part.
Here’s my address: @@@@@
And this right here is a great example of why simple basic RegEx is rarely adequate
At the very least, should be something like
^[^@\s]+@([^@\s.]+\.)+[^@\s.]+$
I’m like 99% sure I missed at least a few cases there, and will say “please don’t use this for anything production”
Here’s two: you can have multiple @s forming relays in an email address, and you can also break all the rules around dots and spaces if you put quotes around the local part, eg ".sarah.."@emails.com
And this is exactly why I wouldn’t do my own, I had no idea either of those were legal/possible
Sorry, this is not a correct regex for an email address.
Sending using
mail
on a local unix system? You only need the local part.STOP VALIDATING NAMES AND EMAIL ADDRESSES. Send a verification email. Full stop. Don’t do anything else. You really want to do this anyway, because it’s a defense against bots.