Re^2: On Validating Email Addresses

A few further points:

Many people only have one name. For example, an Indonesian presidential candidate from a few years back was called "Wiranto". That was his complete name.
Don't ask for "State", either. It is much better to ask for Region. And, definitely don't limit to two letters!
Don't assume that common abbreviations are in force. For example, do you know what Rue is? What about Via?^*
Don't assume that a phone number is guaranteed to match to a location. There are companies that have no physical location and whose employees work completely by cellphone.

*: Both mean street. Rue is French and and Via is Italian.

Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing.
Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid.
Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence.
Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.

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Re^3: On Validating Email Addresses by legato (Monk) on Jan 05, 2005 at 17:26 UTC
> do you know what Rue is? yes, I do ;-) Anima Legato `.oO all things connect through the motion of the mind`	[reply]