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Clarify that this does not verify deliverability

Open fkj opened this issue 1 month ago • 0 comments

I am aware that the goal of the proposal is explicitly not to guarantee deliverability, but merely to obtain an email address. I think the text should clearly mention this (in a "Implementation Considerations" section?).

The "old-fashioned" email verification check involves sending an email to the address and waiting for a link or code to be delivered back. Since that approach does verify deliverability, I think it should be made very clear that this proposal does not. Some implementers may otherwise use the new API without considering what their needs actually are.

I am happy to provide a PR with a text suggestion if desired.

fkj avatar Nov 10 '25 07:11 fkj