The spec for this is in RFC 2821, page 36: http://www.imc.org/rfc2821
You may also want to check out page 30 of the older RFC (821) which may be a bit easier to understand. http://www.imc.org/rfc821 At any rate, characters in an email address (unless escaped by a "\") can be any one of the 128 ASCII characters, but not any <special> or <SP> Specials are defined as: "<" | ">" | "(" | ")" | "[" | "]" | "\" | "." | "," | ";" | ":" | "@" """ | the control characters (ASCII codes 0 through 31 inclusive and 127) So, the "_" and "-" are valid. HTH, -- Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com - 631-737-4668 x101 inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Award-winning, Intelligent Mail Server >>> Find out how iMS Stacks up to the competition: >http://www.coolfusion.com/imssecomparison.cfm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lofback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: RE: Best e-mail regex? > This code permits addresses like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Are they > valid? Which leads me to the question: where can I find the specs for what > characters are allowed in what places in a properly formatted email address? > I looked through the RFCs but couldn't find this--or maybe I didn't look in > the right ones. Can anybody point me in the right direction? > > Thanks, > Chris Lofback > Sr. Web Developer > > TRX Integration > 28051 US 19 N., Ste. C > Clearwater, FL 33761 > www.trxi.com > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
