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Discussion on: JS: Check if an email is valid

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Matt Ellen

The full spec for valid email addresses allows for comments in the email address! It's quite ridiculous. This means that any regular expression is not sufficient to comply with the RFC.

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GrahamTheDev

Oh dear, Today I Learned that some people are insane, who the hell puts comments in an email address??? lol.

Thanks for that Matt, one to add to my bag of useless facts! 🤣