JoyfulPandaon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Complexities of e-mail validation logic”
There is is awesome talk about E-Mail by Ricardo Signes: link to this video The first 5 minutes are perl specific, but the rest is email and just hilarious.
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- Recommended by 3 people: 3 on Hacker News.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2011 to 2021.
- Presented by Ricardo Signes
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
7.8K views15 years ago3 recommendations
Systems programmingSoftware designNetworking and protocols
Ricardo Signes explains the complexities, historical quirks, and parsing nightmares of SMTP, IMAP, and email address validation standards.
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2011 資料、詳細はこちら yapcasia.org/2011/talk/59 (c)Ricardo Signes CC-BY-NCWhy it's here
3 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a hilarious and highly informative talk on why email protocols and parsing are incredibly difficult to implement.
AngryParsleyon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Move over HTTP it's SMTP's Turn to Shine”
The SMTP standard is complicated and crazy. RJBS from Pobox does a good job of scaring anyone thinking of writing an SMTP client or server: link to this video
k33l0ron Hacker News • Recommends
On “Email Validation Rules”
I found this talk by Ricardo Signes on email parsing to be an excellent primer into why email addresses (and emails in general) are terrible to parse: link to this video
q3kon Hacker News • Mentions
On “How to run your own mail server (2017)”
Fun is a very curious way of putting it, considering how batshit crazy IMAP is. The rest of the involved email standards are also a huge dumpster fire. I'll let Ricardo Signes do the talking: link to this video