This is what I have used.
<? if(eregi("^[_.+a-z0-9-]+@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.([a-z]){2,4})\$", $email)){ echo "Good Email!"; } ?> Here is an excellent article on Regular Expressions. Learning to Use Regular Expressions by Example http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/dario19990616.php3 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php