Quote Originally Posted by this side up View Post
Validating the email address formatting on the client side I think is a must.
Validating the *formatting*? Why? That's not going to help them recover a password. Other than, again, "hey, stupid, you can't type".
NOTE: The email address formatting *is* already validated when creating an account.

Nevertheless, we'll be updating the wording in v1.6.0, to remove the ambiguity.