Re: Verify an email address from a query

[Howie Hamlin]

The name part can contain most anyting as long as it's escaped with a slash.  For example:

j.o\'[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Regards,

Howie
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Lofback, Chris
  To: CF-Talk
  Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:08 AM
  Subject: RE: Verify an email address from a query

  AFAIK, an IP address is a valid host in an email address.  This RE does not
  handle that.

  I also thought that the mailbox name could only contain alphanumerics,
  hyphens or underscores.   But after reading this post and Googling the topic
  I've found someone who claims that the following are all valid:

  ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
  0123456789
  !#$%&'*+-./=?^_`{|}~

  I've looked over RFC 822 but I frankly can't make heads or tails of it.  Can
  anyone point to an official source that is clear and simple to understand?
  I want my validation routines to be accurate.

  Thanks,
  Chris

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