submitted 1 year ago by A_A@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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The registration process doesn't validate (bad)email addresses resulting in non_recuperable accounts

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[-] ruud@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Can you DM me the account name you're having problems with?

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

My concern is more with the involuntary trashing of the namespace : an account registration should be dropped if not validated after a certain amount of time.

[-] ruud@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yes that's a good idea, could you raise it as enhancement request here: https://github.com/LemmyNet

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please, can someone (lemmyist) with an account on GitHub do this ... as I have no knowledge about it 🙏

Maybe the request for improvement (to be raised on GitHub) could be as such :

Lemmy account registration should be dropped if not validated after a certain amount of time. Old databases should be revised. To be applied only where an email is required for registration.
Edit : Better yet : the registration page should not drop until successful registration

Please be so kind to reply here after you raise it 👍

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oups ! i should have posted to :
Lemmy.world improvements and issues

Edit : Many had similar issues :
... @again@lemmy.world // here
... @stoulram@lemmy.world // here

[-] AllYourSmurf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

What about users who want to intentionally register without an email address? Maybe to give more anonymity to their account?

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

There are some instances that don't require emails, albeit mainly privacy-focused ones though with manual account approvals

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is note possible in my instance, so I missed that !

[-] Sexypink@exploding-heads.com -1 points 1 year ago

They are not going to die that.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There really isn't a reliable way to "validate" email addresses other than to try sending email to them.

An email address has two parts, separated by the @ sign: the "local part" and the domain. The domain has to follow the rules of DNS, but there are astonishingly few hard rules for the local part.

A validator can check that the domain resolves — that there's an A or MX record for it in DNS — but it can't do much about the part before the @ sign.

Whether the local part is correct or not depends on the actual behavior of the mail server for the domain; which means that, without actually trying to send email to it, it can't really be tested.

[-] philip@kbin.chat 2 points 1 year ago

@A_A Thanks for letting me know about the issue. I ran into the same issue with my gmail, but it worked with every other email I had, so thought it was just a one off.
I will look more into it. See if switching to a different email provider fixes the issue.

[-] helpimnotdrowning 2 points 1 year ago

You'll want to get in contact with your instance admin to get that untangled

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I did contact him inside this post, now I realize it's a problem for each and every instances !
Edit : in fact, only the instances that requires email for registration.

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