hotmail sucks ass

app/views/auth/checkYourEmail.scala.html

@@ -40,8 +40,16 @@
         <h3>Wait up to 5 minutes.</h3><br />
         Depending on your email provider, it can take a while to arrive.
       </li>
+      @if(userEmail.exists(_.email.isHotmail)) {
+      <li>
+        <h3>Hotmail addresses are notoriously bad.</h3><br />
+        Your confirmation email may never arrive on this address.<br />
+        Consider using a different one.
+      </li>
+      }
       <li>
         <h3>Still not getting it?</h3><br />
+        Did you make sure your email address is correct?<br />
         Ask @contactEmailLink and we'll confirm your email for you.<br />
         <strong>Don't forget to mention your username.</strong>
       </li>

modules/common/src/main/model.scala

@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ object IpAddress {
   } option IpAddress(str)
 }
 
-case class EmailAddress(value: String) extends AnyVal with StringValue
+case class EmailAddress(value: String) extends AnyVal with StringValue {
+  def isHotmail = EmailAddress.hotmailPattern.matcher(value).find
+}
 
 object EmailAddress {
 
-  private val regex =
-    """^[a-zA-Z0-9\.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$""".r
+  private val pattern =
+    """^[a-zA-Z0-9\.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$""".r.pattern
 
   def from(str: String): Option[EmailAddress] =
-    regex.matches(str) option EmailAddress(str)
+    pattern.matcher(str).find option EmailAddress(str)
+
+  private val hotmailPattern = """(.*)@(live|hotmail)\.(.*)""".r.pattern
 }

public/stylesheets/user-signup.css

@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ div.checkmateCaptcha label {
 .email_confirm.anim ol li:nth-child(4) {
   animation-delay: 14s;
 }
+.email_confirm.anim ol li:nth-child(5) {
+  animation-delay: 18s;
+}
 #email_confirm a {
   display: none;
 }