Re: validating email address "syntax"

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Dan wrote:

> I have a new application in which the user types in an email address.
>
> Besides checking for a single '@', a single '.', and no blanks, are
> there any other things that I should be checking for when validating an
> email address for correct syntax?

You could always get the bat book (the sendmail book from O'Reilly
http://www.ora.com).  It contains all the rules used to handles addresses
of all types (including UUCP if you need to know).  You probably wouldn't
care about 97% of it, but the chapter on address rewriting talks about
just what you are trying to do.

James Rich