[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27270: Validation for leading/trailing periods, or consecutive periods in email addresses is only done on the domain section

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#27270: Validation for leading/trailing periods, or consecutive periods in email
addresses is only done on the domain section
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 Reporter:  scruffian                     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by scruffian):

 I don't think so. <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3696#page-5">The
 spec</a> says:

 "period (".") may also appear, but may not be used to start or end the
 local part, nor may two or more consecutive periods appear."

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