diff --git a/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth.go b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth.go
index ec733740b..40e08d462 100644
--- a/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth.go
+++ b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"storj.io/storj/private/web"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite/analytics"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite/console"
+	"storj.io/storj/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite/console/consoleweb/consolewebauth"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite/mailservice"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite/rewards"
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ func (a *Auth) Register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// trim leading and trailing spaces of email address.
 	registerData.Email = strings.TrimSpace(registerData.Email)
 
-	isValidEmail := ValidateEmail(registerData.Email)
+	isValidEmail := utils.ValidateEmail(registerData.Email)
 	if !isValidEmail {
 		a.serveJSONError(w, console.ErrValidation.Wrap(errs.New("Invalid email.")))
 		return
@@ -356,15 +357,6 @@ func (a *Auth) Register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	)
 }
 
-// ValidateEmail validates email to have correct form and syntax.
-func ValidateEmail(email string) bool {
-	// This regular expression was built according to RFC 5322 and then extended to include international characters.
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:[a-z0-9\p{L}!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~\x60-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9\p{L}!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~\x60-]+)*|"(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*")@(?:(?:[a-z0-9\p{L}](?:[a-z0-9\p{L}-]*[a-z0-9\p{L}])?\.)+[a-z0-9\p{L}](?:[a-z\p{L}]*[a-z\p{L}])?|\[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9\p{L}-]*[a-z0-9\p{L}]:(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21-\x5a\x53-\x7f]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])+)\])$`)
-	match := re.MatchString(email)
-
-	return match
-}
-
 // loadSession looks for a cookie for the session id.
 // this cookie is set from the reverse proxy if the user opts into cookies from Storj.
 func loadSession(req *http.Request) string {
diff --git a/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth_test.go b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth_test.go
index 4492ab4ba..47032a07c 100644
--- a/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth_test.go
+++ b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/auth_test.go
@@ -915,41 +915,3 @@ func TestAuth_Register_PasswordLength(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
-
-func TestEmailValidation(t *testing.T) {
-	invalidEmailAddresses := []string{
-		"test@t@t.test",
-		"test",
-		"test@!t.test",
-		"test@#test.test",
-		"test@$t.test",
-		"t%t.test",
-		"test@^test.test",
-		"test@&test.test",
-		"test@*test.test",
-		"test@(test.test",
-		"test@)test.test",
-		"test@=test.test",
-		"test@[test.test",
-		"test@]test.test",
-		"test@{test.test",
-		"test@}test.test",
-		"test@/test.test",
-		"test@\\test.test",
-		"test@|test.test",
-		"test@:test.test",
-		"test@;test.test",
-		"test@,test.test",
-		"test@\"test.test",
-		"test@'test.test",
-		"test@<test.test",
-		"test@>test.test",
-		"test@_test.test",
-		"test@?test.test",
-	}
-
-	for _, e := range invalidEmailAddresses {
-		result := consoleapi.ValidateEmail(e)
-		require.False(t, result)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils/validation.go b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils/validation.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cc6497a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils/validation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Storj Labs, Inc.
+// See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+package utils
+
+import "regexp"
+
+// ValidateEmail validates email to have correct form and syntax.
+func ValidateEmail(email string) bool {
+	// This regular expression was built according to RFC 5322 and then extended to include international characters.
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:[a-z0-9\p{L}!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~\x60-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9\p{L}!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~\x60-]+)*|"(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*")@(?:(?:[a-z0-9\p{L}](?:[a-z0-9\p{L}-]*[a-z0-9\p{L}])?\.)+[a-z0-9\p{L}](?:[a-z\p{L}]*[a-z\p{L}])?|\[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9\p{L}-]*[a-z0-9\p{L}]:(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21-\x5a\x53-\x7f]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])+)\])$`)
+	match := re.MatchString(email)
+
+	return match
+}
diff --git a/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils/validation_test.go b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils/validation_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2c071dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils/validation_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Storj Labs, Inc.
+// See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"storj.io/storj/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils"
+)
+
+func TestEmailValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	invalidEmailAddresses := []string{
+		"test@t@t.test",
+		"test",
+		"test@!t.test",
+		"test@#test.test",
+		"test@$t.test",
+		"t%t.test",
+		"test@^test.test",
+		"test@&test.test",
+		"test@*test.test",
+		"test@(test.test",
+		"test@)test.test",
+		"test@=test.test",
+		"test@[test.test",
+		"test@]test.test",
+		"test@{test.test",
+		"test@}test.test",
+		"test@/test.test",
+		"test@\\test.test",
+		"test@|test.test",
+		"test@:test.test",
+		"test@;test.test",
+		"test@,test.test",
+		"test@\"test.test",
+		"test@'test.test",
+		"test@<test.test",
+		"test@>test.test",
+		"test@_test.test",
+		"test@?test.test",
+	}
+
+	for _, e := range invalidEmailAddresses {
+		result := utils.ValidateEmail(e)
+		require.False(t, result)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/satellite/nodeevents/chore.go b/satellite/nodeevents/chore.go
index 12f25172a..e2711d184 100644
--- a/satellite/nodeevents/chore.go
+++ b/satellite/nodeevents/chore.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"storj.io/common/sync2"
 	"storj.io/common/uuid"
+	"storj.io/storj/satellite/console/consoleweb/consoleapi/utils"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -92,15 +93,24 @@ func (chore *Chore) process(ctx context.Context) (n int, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+	if len(batch) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	email := batch[0].Email
 
 	var rowIDs []uuid.UUID
 	for _, event := range batch {
 		rowIDs = append(rowIDs, event.ID)
 	}
 
-	if err = chore.notifier.Notify(ctx, chore.satellite, batch); err != nil {
-		err = errs.Combine(err, chore.db.UpdateLastAttempted(ctx, rowIDs, chore.nowFn()))
-		return 0, err
+	if utils.ValidateEmail(email) {
+		if err = chore.notifier.Notify(ctx, chore.satellite, batch); err != nil {
+			err = errs.Combine(err, chore.db.UpdateLastAttempted(ctx, rowIDs, chore.nowFn()))
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	} else {
+		chore.log.Error("invalid email", zap.String("email", email))
 	}
 
 	err = chore.db.UpdateEmailSent(ctx, rowIDs, chore.nowFn())
diff --git a/satellite/nodeevents/chore_test.go b/satellite/nodeevents/chore_test.go
index 9de884ca7..0e3f50d33 100644
--- a/satellite/nodeevents/chore_test.go
+++ b/satellite/nodeevents/chore_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"storj.io/common/testcontext"
 	"storj.io/common/uuid"
 	"storj.io/storj/private/testplanet"
+	"storj.io/storj/private/teststorj"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite/nodeevents"
 	"storj.io/storj/satellite/overlay"
@@ -154,3 +155,65 @@ func TestNodeEventsChoreFailedNotify(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Nil(t, event.EmailSent)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestNodeEventsChoreInvalidEmails(t *testing.T) {
+	testplanet.Run(t, testplanet.Config{
+		SatelliteCount: 1, StorageNodeCount: 0, UplinkCount: 0,
+		Reconfigure: testplanet.Reconfigure{
+			Satellite: func(log *zap.Logger, index int, config *satellite.Config) {
+				config.Overlay.SendNodeEmails = true
+				config.NodeEvents.SelectionWaitPeriod = 5 * time.Minute
+			},
+		},
+	}, func(t *testing.T, ctx *testcontext.Context, planet *testplanet.Planet) {
+		sat := planet.Satellites[0]
+
+		// just a handful of emails, not exhaustive
+		emails := []string{
+			"",
+			"abc",
+			"abc.storj.test",
+			"abc@def@storj.test",
+			"abc\"@storj.test",
+			"abc@storj..test",
+			"abc @storj.test",
+
+			// one valid email as a control group
+			"abc@storj.test",
+		}
+
+		validEmail := emails[len(emails)-1]
+
+		chore := sat.NodeEvents.Chore
+		chore.Loop.Pause()
+
+		tn := &TestNotifier{
+			notifications: make(map[string][]nodeevents.NodeEvent),
+		}
+		chore.SetNotifier(tn)
+
+		// set nowFn on chore to 5 minutes in the future to test that chore will select node events.
+		futureTime := func() time.Time {
+			return time.Now().Add(5 * time.Minute)
+		}
+		chore.SetNow(futureTime)
+
+		event := nodeevents.Disqualified
+		for _, e := range emails {
+			_, err := sat.DB.NodeEvents().Insert(ctx, e, teststorj.NodeIDFromString("test"), event)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
+		chore.Loop.TriggerWait()
+
+		require.Len(t, tn.notifications, 1)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, tn.notifications[validEmail])
+
+		// Check that email_sent is not null for invalid emails, so they don't clog up the table
+		for _, e := range emails {
+			ne, err := sat.DB.NodeEvents().GetLatestByEmailAndEvent(ctx, e, event)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NotNil(t, ne.EmailSent)
+		}
+	})
+}