As covered well in this question, System.Uri
is a good choice to reflect my intention for URIs. But what about for email addresses?
It seems not as clear-cut, because MailAddress
has extra information in its DisplayName
property that is not a great fit.
You don't have to use the
DisplayName
if you don't want or need to. TheMailAddress
type ensures that an email address is well formed by throwing an exception in it's constructor otherwise. I would argue that it is worth usingMailAddress
overString
for this reason and also because it communicates intent and adds little overhead.