[dev] Re: [cvs] commit: horde/lib Form.php

[Michael J. Pawlowsky]

None taken...   I never said it is bullet proof. But beats simply checking for a "@" sign.

Also checking the DNS reduces the need to make sure every possible combination is in the code.
If the mail server is online, we know that much is ok.
I used to use VRFY for quite a while. But the last 4-5 years I dropped it because so many servers refuse VRFY now.

I suppose you could also simply connect do a MAIL TO and see if the server accepts it.

Mike



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On 04/02/2003 at 11:07 AM Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:

>Quoting "Michael J. Pawlowsky" <mikejp at videotron.ca>:
>
>> 		if((preg_match('/(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)/', $email)) ||
>>
>(preg_match('/^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/',
>> $email)))
>
>No offense, but I kinda doubt that correctly accepts/rejects email
>addresses. The best official regex for it is several pages long.
>
>-chuck
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Cheers,
Mike
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