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0 pointsaddandsubtract2y ago0 comments

This is where the linked regex fails at.

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ceejayoz2y ago· 2 in thread

Or correctly handles, for most of the use cases you’d want it for.

If you’re building a web app, foo@gmailcom is almost certainly a mistake.

bazoom422y ago

Of course, since there isn’t a top level domain called gmailcom. But a regex cant tell you that.

ceejayoz2y ago

Gmail doesn't need to support "you own an entire TLD and use its root for email" use cases, so you can at least check for a dot after the @ and catch a bunch of typos that leave frustrated users.

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