11225 2010-11-04 21:21:17 +0000 Allow valid e-mail addresses to have one-part domain names like "localhost" or "to" 2011-08-04 05:05:44 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified Other other CLOSED FIXED http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#valid-e-mail-address P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian ayg ian mike mounir public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 42141 0 contributor 2010-11-04 21:21:17 +0000 Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/states-of-the-type-attribute.html Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#valid-e-mail-address Comment: You should allow the part after the at sign to be ldh-str 0*( "." ldh-str ), or whatever the proper syntax is, to allow "username@localhost". This might actually be useful for testing web apps, and it doesn't seem like it would cause any extra harm. Plus, in principle, a regular TLD could resolve to something with an A or MX record, e.g., the ccTLD "to" has an A record and maybe mail can get there (dunno). Posted from: 68.175.61.233 by AryehGregor+whatwgspec@gmail.com 44533 1 ian 2011-01-21 01:46:45 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Accepted Change Description: see diff given below Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments. 44535 2 contributor 2011-01-21 01:47:59 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r5796. Check-in comment: allow @localhost addresses for testing. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5795&to=5796 52972 3 mike 2011-08-04 05:05:44 +0000 mass-moved component to LC1