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Keithamus
on Sept 6, 2012
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Stop validating email addresses with your complex ...
/.+@.+\..+/ would be a bit too ambitious as the dot is not necessarily part of a valid email - an MX record can appear on a TLDs DNS records[1]. Considering ICANNs new licensing of hundreds of TLDs this could be a very real concern soon.
1:
http://blog.nerdchic.net/archives/191/
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