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Email addresses should be in the form "user@domain.com". The

Error message

Email addresses should be in the form "user@domain.com". The maximum length of an email address is %s characters.

What it means

Error "Email addresses should be in the form "user@domain.com". The maximum length of an email address is %s characters." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:465

      ->didUpdateEmailAddress($email->getAddress());
  }


/* -(  Internals  )---------------------------------------------------------- */


  /**
   * @task internal
   */
  private function willAddEmail(PhabricatorUserEmail $email) {

    // Hard check before write to prevent creation of disallowed email
    // addresses. Normally, the application does checks and raises more
    // user friendly errors for us, but we omit the courtesy checks on some
    // pathways like administrative scripts for simplicity.

    if (!PhabricatorUserEmail::isValidAddress($email->getAddress())) {
      throw new Exception(PhabricatorUserEmail::describeValidAddresses());
    }

    if (!PhabricatorUserEmail::isAllowedAddress($email->getAddress())) {
      throw new Exception(PhabricatorUserEmail::describeAllowedAddresses());
    }

    $application_email = id(new PhabricatorMetaMTAApplicationEmailQuery())
      ->setViewer(PhabricatorUser::getOmnipotentUser())
      ->withAddresses(array($email->getAddress()))
      ->executeOne();
    if ($application_email) {
      throw new Exception($application_email->getInUseMessage());
    }
  }

  public function revokePasswordResetLinks(PhabricatorUser $user) {
    // Revoke any outstanding password reset links. If an attacker compromises
    // an account, changes the email address, and sends themselves a password

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:465 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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