On some templates (ex job listings), there’s a template that lets users enter their email address and it automatically gets sent to you. Is there a way to make sure the user’s email address is valid? It seems like the only check in place is whether there is an “@” character.
Hi,
You can do this process in Airtable with the extension “email validator” (see screenshot)
The idea would to use an Airtable automation, with the script of the email validator extension, each time a new user is created.
Then this automation would delete any user record with an invalid email. (“If this then that” logic)
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What about the softr form that validates this? Would I create via customisable forms?
Softr forms can validate it if there is or not a “@” or a “.com or .co or .whatever”, wihtin a mandatory email field.
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Hi Matthieu, thanks for getting back to me. Just to confirm, the validator just validates that the email address is in the correct text format, right? Users can enter fake email addresses that still include “@” or “.com” and the validator won’t flag it?
Yes, exactly.
If you want to check if an email is not fake, you will need to use Make.com + third party tool like Usebouncer, so that any email would be checked by this third party tool before entering your Airtable.
Sounds like what your looking for is email verification, rather than validation. What do you think about this?
But still domainnames that are NOT valid will be accepted by Softr forms like test@test.nled where .nled is not a root domain that is valid, it’s not.
That’s possible yes, other third party tool might be needed.
Maybe Softr team will release something about it, I heard they were working on some input validations.
Confirm valid emails addresses ( without the user having to make clicks and validate) is usually a paid addon on the majority of platforms.
Even autoresponders, will charge you per each verified email address processed.
Maybe softr could integrate one of those service in the future, or you could work some logic meanwhile
That would be nice, but won’t happen anytime soon. Softr never was designed sufficiently for external user sign up. Otherwise they would have deployed email validation, changing, and password creation years ago.
Not to mention that their recent price increases for external users doesn’t exactly encourage building public facing apps;)