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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Me too.

I scored 11/21 on https://e-mail.wtf/ and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

I vaguely remember a panel where a guy went through various cases like these.

One of the things that stood out is that not every email provides implements the same specs, so one provider might allow you to set up a "valid" email address that might not be able to communicate with other providers as they consider it "invalid".

[–] Dack@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

I got 13/21. I mean thats not bad 😄

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

12/21. It was highly entertaining though.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I ~~rage quit~~ gave up at 12.

A fork bomb is apparently a valid email address.

I quit, this is stupid.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

I scored 18/21 on https://e-mail.wtf/ and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

[–] mp04610@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I scored 16/21 on https://e-mail.wtf/ and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can't even view it...I get a TLS error

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

17/21. Would have been 18 but the first example of spaces screwed me.

[–] defuse959@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

I scored 12/21 on https://e-mail.wtf/ and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Try explaining that last one to someone over the phone

[–] thomasloven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If qoutes are removed and internal spaces are invalid, how could ":(){␣:|:&␣};:"@example.com be valid?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Presumably the space between quotes is "escaped", meaning it's supposed to act like any other character.

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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