Regex for Email Validation? Think Again!
I ran into a nightmare of an issue recently because a service I use changed their email validation and decided my address wasn’t valid. In this post I want to walk through what happened, why simple regex for email validation often causes problems, and what you should do instead if you need to know whether an email actually exists. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content on Software Architecture & Design, including this video showing everything in this post. The problem: plus-addressing and overzealous validation If you use Gmail or many other providers, you might be… Read More »Regex for Email Validation? Think Again!