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_wwz4 on Nov 16, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Regexp-based RFC822 email address validation

I've been watching people deal with this problem for years and years... why? I can parse a CSV file far more easily.

You'd think there would be an RFC that specifies a simple email address format that everyone can follow. If you don't conform to that format, your email gets dropped on the floor until you get a better client.

DanBC on Nov 16, 2012 [–]

This is one of the things that people really want for email2.

Unfortunately email works well enough, and has such a massive install base, that email2 is never going to happen.

That's why you see so many "Email but not email" startups.

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