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		rtp on Sept 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop validating email addresses with your complex ... A better way is to check that the email the user entered matches a typical email format, and if the email doesn't match, then warn the user that he/she might've entered the wrong email address (for example writing foobar@gmail, or foobar@gmail.com.).

Wicher on Sept 6, 2012 [–]

I think foobar@gmail.com. should actually work. IIRC, that last dot is the root of the DNS hierarchy.

Try http://news.ycombinator.com./ ;-)

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