I also reached out to them on Twitter but they directed me to this form. I followed up with them on Twitter with what happened in this screenshot but they are now ignoring me.

  • @laurelraven
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    67 months ago

    And this right here is a great example of why simple basic RegEx is rarely adequate

    At the very least, should be something like

    ^[^@\s]+@([^@\s.]+\.)+[^@\s.]+$

    I’m like 99% sure I missed at least a few cases there, and will say “please don’t use this for anything production”

    • @jpeps@lemmy.world
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      47 months ago

      Here’s two: you can have multiple @s forming relays in an email address, and you can also break all the rules around dots and spaces if you put quotes around the local part, eg ".sarah.."@emails.com

      • @laurelraven
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        37 months ago

        And this is exactly why I wouldn’t do my own, I had no idea either of those were legal/possible