RE: [validator] EmailValidator 1.4.1 returns true for some invalid(?) email addresses

2015-06-17 Thread Dave Hammond
] EmailValidator 1.4.1 returns true for some invalid(?) email addresses How could it possibly do that? Or to put it another way "a...@b.com" is valid (RFC wise) without even the top level rule. Does any validator check that it is a real email address?

RE: [validator] EmailValidator 1.4.1 returns true for some invalid(?) email addresses

2015-06-16 Thread Shriver, Daniel
1:19 PM To: 'Commons Users List' Subject: RE: [validator] EmailValidator 1.4.1 returns true for some invalid(?) email addresses Hi Ayoma, RFC 5321 goes on to say, "This makes the requirement, described in more detail below, that only fully-qualified domain names appear in SMTP tr

RE: [validator] EmailValidator 1.4.1 returns true for some invalid(?) email addresses

2015-06-16 Thread Dave Hammond
e a way to validate an email address is valid for use on the public Internet? Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: Ayoma Wijethunga [mailto:ayoma...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:27 PM To: Commons Users List Subject: Re: [validator] EmailValidator 1.4.1 returns true for so

Re: [validator] EmailValidator 1.4.1 returns true for some invalid(?) email addresses

2015-06-16 Thread Ayoma Wijethunga
Hi Dave, Mentioned email addresses are valid and they are mailboxes for TLD users ("gmail" is a valid TLD - http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt) Please check following : Bug report : https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VALIDATOR-273 RFC: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321#section