bruce wrote:
> so ben...
>
> if you were creating a web app with an email form... rather than try to
> check if the email is valid...
Ever bothered to read the relevant rfc ?
> you'd create something to allow anyone to
> potentially spam the hell out of a system...
I'm sorry, but I fail to see how validating (or not) an email address
could prevent using a webmail form for spamming. Care to elaborate ?
> my two cents worth... try to verify/validate that the email is valid,
If it doesn't have an @ somewhere in it, it's not a valid mail address.
Else, it may or not be a valid email address - and then the only
reliable way to know is to send a mail to that address.
> and
> possibly belongs to the user...
How do you intend to check this ?
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p in '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.split('@')])"
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