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by escaped_hn 4236 days ago
It probably sents an email with the blank filled in without validation.
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Nope, pretty basic server side validation in PHP:

     filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL)
"FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL" doesn't do any validation. That only filters.
Which is what I want. It prevents attacks but allows me to see the odd non-email stuff people submit.
FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL