Validator passes typo and for-sale email domains
The validator passes misspelled domains like gmail.coom and for-sale or non-mail domains even when the free-email block is on.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 16 February 2023 · last reported 23 January 2024
What's going wrong
Site owners using this WordPress email validator report that it lets through addresses with obvious typos, such as misspelled Gmail domains, and accepts addresses at domains that are listed for sale and may not receive mail.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.