[whatwg] Make "foo at bar.com, " a valid email address list

Boris Zbarsky bzbarsky at MIT.EDU
Fri Oct 22 10:44:42 PDT 2010


On 10/22/10 1:25 PM, Garrett Smith wrote:
> What is wrong with splitting on comma, e.g.
>
> var validAddressList = inp.value.split(",");

That depends on what meaning of "email address" is used here.  Is:

   "Zbarsky, Boris" <bzbarsky at mit.edu>

a valid "email address"?

-Boris



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