Why does Thunderbird warn me that my email address with so called gTLDs or generic Top-Level Domain is wrong ?
I'm owner of something.foundation generic Top-Level Domain [gTLDs]. When I try to setup new mail account for an email address whose format is name@something.foundation a warning message appearing which suggests that such address is incorrect.
Chosen solution
Hmm, name@something.foundation should work. Or should I say, it should not draw any objection based on the host name -- the text to the right of the @ symbol.
I think the code used by Thunderbird to check the host name is this function:
https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-release/source/mailnews/base/util/hostnameUtils.jsm#52
When I use Firefox's web console to test that comparison code, something.foundation checks out, as well as mail.something.foundation (in case your actual host name contains a subdomain). Here's what I did:
Open Firefox's Web Console in the lower part of a tab using either:
- Ctrl+Shift+k
- "3-bar" menu button > Developer > Web Console
- (menu bar) Tools > Web Developer > Web Console
Paste the following in the slot at the bottom and press Enter to run it:
var aHostName = "something.foundation"; var hostPattern = /^(([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.)*([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.?$/i; if((aHostName.length <= 255) && hostPattern.test(aHostName)) console.log("It's valid"); else console.log("Hate it");
and/or
var aHostName = "mail.something.foundation"; var hostPattern = /^(([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.)*([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.?$/i; if((aHostName.length <= 255) && hostPattern.test(aHostName)) console.log("It's valid"); else console.log("Hate it");
Unless Thunderbird has started doing something new...
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Hmm, name@something.foundation should work. Or should I say, it should not draw any objection based on the host name -- the text to the right of the @ symbol.
I think the code used by Thunderbird to check the host name is this function:
https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-release/source/mailnews/base/util/hostnameUtils.jsm#52
When I use Firefox's web console to test that comparison code, something.foundation checks out, as well as mail.something.foundation (in case your actual host name contains a subdomain). Here's what I did:
Open Firefox's Web Console in the lower part of a tab using either:
- Ctrl+Shift+k
- "3-bar" menu button > Developer > Web Console
- (menu bar) Tools > Web Developer > Web Console
Paste the following in the slot at the bottom and press Enter to run it:
var aHostName = "something.foundation"; var hostPattern = /^(([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.)*([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.?$/i; if((aHostName.length <= 255) && hostPattern.test(aHostName)) console.log("It's valid"); else console.log("Hate it");
and/or
var aHostName = "mail.something.foundation"; var hostPattern = /^(([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.)*([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])\.?$/i; if((aHostName.length <= 255) && hostPattern.test(aHostName)) console.log("It's valid"); else console.log("Hate it");
Unless Thunderbird has started doing something new...
tnx jscher2000 and my apologies for post! The problem was on server side, not on client. I was confused because of this message, which appeared during the settings. Anyway, Thunderbird works very well with gTLDs.
