IPv6 singlehandedly breaks most email address validators used on the web. Stop parsing email addresses with regex please.

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22 Jul 2011

IPv6 singlehandedly breaks most email address validators used on the web. Stop parsing email addresses with regex please. Jul 22, 2011 4 :39 via Twitter


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