fix(internet): fix invalid emails in some locales (#1746)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/modules/internet/index.ts b/src/modules/internet/index.ts
index f7f022ac..d1af8ebe 100644
--- a/src/modules/internet/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/internet/index.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ export class InternetModule {
       );
 
     let localPart: string = this.userName(firstName, lastName);
+    // Strip any special characters from the local part of the email address
+    // This could happen if invalid chars are passed in manually in the firstName/lastName
+    localPart = localPart.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9._+\-]+/g, '');
+
+    // The local part of an email address is limited to 64 chars per RFC 3696
+    // We limit to 50 chars to be more realistic
+    localPart = localPart.substring(0, 50);
     if (options?.allowSpecialCharacters) {
       const usernameChars: string[] = '._-'.split('');
       const specialChars: string[] = ".!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~".split('');