test

                dbpp::DBResult res;

                std::vector<char> sbuf;

                // Verification links expire after 24h (see handleVerify), but rows were only

                // ever removed when a link got clicked -- unclicked ones counted toward the

                // limit below forever, locking the address out permanently. Purge them first.

                {

                    auto nowp = std::chrono::system_clock::now();

                    long long cutoff = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(

                        nowp.time_since_epoch()).count() - 86400;

                    sql << "DELETE FROM contact_pending WHERE CAST(created_at AS BIGINT) < "

                        << std::to_string(cutoff).c_str();

                    Args->database[tid]->exec(sql, res);

                    sql.clear();

                }

                sql << "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM contact_pending WHERE mail='"

                    << sql.escaped(sbuf, mail.c_str()) << "'";

                Args->database[tid]->exec(sql, res);