I had similar issues with this... use the script below instead of CF. You can do an onBlur="validateEmail();" on the email field.
function validateEmail(){ var emailRegEx = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/; str = document.userform.email.value; if(!str.match(emailRegEx)){ alert("Please enter a valid email address (n...@domain.com)."); userform.email.focus(); return false; } } Robert Harrison Full Stack Developer AIMG rharri...@aimg.com Main Office: 704-321-1234 ext.121 Direct Line: 516-302-4345 www.aimg.com -----Original Message----- From: Rob Voyle [mailto:robvo...@voyle.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:49 AM To: cf-talk Subject: validating email CF11 Hi Folks Using CF11 isValid("email","name@gmail") is returning a "Yes" Am I missing something or is this a bug. As far as I know CF9 would have returned NO Rob Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D. Director, Clergy Leadership Institute For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry http://www.clergyleadership.com/ 503-647-2378 or 503-647-2382 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359967 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm