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CoffeeOnWrite on May 24, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stop Validating Email Addresses With Your Complex ...

No regexp in the world will tell you if an email address is real.

kiallmacinnes on May 24, 2013 [–]

Of course - I doubt anyone (smart) has ever claimed that to be the case.

However, they can, if implemented correctly, tell you if the email address is syntactically valid.

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