# Consequences of not validating email addresses

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/consequences-of-not-validating-email-addresses/40132
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [25. Februar 2016 um 00:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consequences-of-not-validating-email-addresses/40132 "2016-02-25T00:04:10Z")
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### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [25. Februar 2016 um 14:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consequences-of-not-validating-email-addresses/40132/3 "2016-02-25T14:32:20Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> but it sounds like you are hell bent on doing so

Not really – I’m totally willing to stick to validating addresses if there’s a risk I didn’t see before 🙂

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