validating email addresses

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  dunningrb · Member · Oct 27, 2009 at 3:25 am

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  To leave a comment on my blog, users must enter a valid email address. But I often get address such as “Email Removed” Is there a way to force users to provide a valid email address?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  tellyworth · Staff · Oct 27, 2009 at 3:42 am

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  You can require that they are registered and logged in, which ensures that they own the email address.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

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  t3ck · Member · Oct 27, 2009 at 9:00 am

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  @dunningrb I removed your email for security reasons and also so you can have the freedom of knowing you will have a spam free email address.