Post

Email addresses are very simple, and you will score highly in this quiz. e-mail.wtf

e-mail.wtfEmail is EasyEveryone knows what an email address is, right?

@saltprincess.bsky.social

17 Aug 2025

The first thing you learn when you actually have to work with emails is that rfcs are for fun and you actually just reverse engineer what Google and Microsoft believe

Sam Rose

@samwho.dev

Yes, I was tempted to put a disclaimer at the end stating that this is all valid/invalid _according to the spec_ and has no bearing on the reality of what your email provider or any given website will accept.

17/8/25, 5:28 pm0 reposts11 likes

Salt Princess

@saltprincess.bsky.social

17 Aug 2025

I remember starting my last job all bushy tailed, ready to Do It Right and read through the spec and all the fun that comes from spec compliant libraries meeting tech giants

Sam Rose

@samwho.dev

17 Aug 2025

To be fair, as far as RFC 5322 goes, if you bring your "quotes" or [square brackets] you can do whatever tf you want. It is a surprisingly relaxed spec.