[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
Component:  Formatting                         |  Review
 Severity:  normal                             |     Version:  2.7
 Keywords:  has-patch is-email has-unit-tests  |  Resolution:
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Changes (by jared_smith):

 * keywords:  has-patch is-email => has-patch is-email has-unit-tests


Comment:

 This patch still applies -- can we try to get this in for the 4.5 release?

 Also, by way of answering John's question about why it works in Gmail,
 they have a page that explains that they ignore all periods in the user
 part of email: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10313?hl=en

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