Incorrectly picky email address validation
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Author: jvm, Location: USA
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:15 am Post subject: Incorrectly picky email address validation
When I registered, the email address I wanted to use was rejected as illegal. The address I wanted to use contains a plus sign (+) to the left of the @, and is not illegal. (RFC 822 page 45 has list of not-valid chars in email addresses, and + is not one of them.)
I don't understand why you are rejecting email addresses (a) because you wrote software that apparently doesn't know what the rules are; (b) while failing to consider that a non-functional address will keep me from registering (as I won't get the email to complete registration). You don't prevent me from trying to register as president@whitehouse.gov or billg@microsoft.com. Why try to prevent me from using any address at which I can receive email? (Particularly when it's a _valid_ address and your code simply blocks it because it's buggy!)
Hopefully you will let me know that this is fixed and I can change my email address to what I want to use.
Author: Paul,
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:52 am Post subject:
Welcome.
The filter when I put it in place was a long time ago and I've received no feedback on it -- at least not that I recall.
I'll go and revisit it.
Thanks
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